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Population (year 2000): 6,594. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,449 (-2.2% change)
Males: 3,169 (48.1%), Females: 3,425 (51.9%)
Zip code:
19076
Median resident age: 36.1 years
Median household income: $45,244 (year 2000)
Median house value: $98,100 (year 2000)
Races in Prospect Park:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.0%)
- Black (1.4%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
Ancestries: Irish (40.4%), German (21.4%),
Italian (19.5%), English (13.0%), Polish (6.3%), United States
(3.6%).
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Prospect Park
- High school or higher: 87.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Prospect Park borough
- Never married: 28.8%
- Now married: 50.0%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 9.2%
- Divorced: 9.8%
2.9% Foreign born (1.5% Asia, 1.2% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -171 (-2.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Prospect Park:
- KINDRED HOSPITAL - DELAWARE COUNTY (about 4 miles;
DARBY, PA)
- MERCY FITZGERALD HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; DARBY, PA)
- DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 5 miles;
DREXEL HILL, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Prospect Park:
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 6 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 26 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 44 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID:
TTN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Prospect Park:
- PHILADELPHIA (about 3 miles; ESSINGTON, PA; ID: 9N2)
- SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 12 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ;
ID: 7N7)
- PENN'S LANDING (about 13 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: P72)
Amtrak stations near Prospect Park:
- 9 miles: ARDMORE (STATION RD. & LANCASTER AVE.).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
- 10 miles: PHILADELPHIA (30TH & MARKET STS.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public
transit connection.
- 14 miles: NORTH PHILADELPHIA (PHILADELPHIA, 2900 N.
BROAD ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Prospect Park:
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 6 miles;
CHESTER, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,646)
- DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles;
MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
- SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,115)
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 10 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 19,324)
- DREXEL UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
FT enrollment: 10,823)
- ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA (about 11 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,138)
- MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,198)
Public high school in Prospect Park:
- INTERBORO SHS (Students: 1,417; Grades: 09 -
12)
Public primary/middle schools in Prospect Park:
- PROSPECT PARK SCH (Students: 631; Grades: 01
- 08)
- KINDERGARTEN ACADEMY (Students: 248; Grades:
KG - KG)
Library in Prospect Park:
- PROSPECT PARK FREE LIBRARY (Operating income:
$60,547; Location: 720 MARYLAND AVE; 13,963 books; 25
audio materials; 280 video materials; 13 serial
subscriptions)
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