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Population (year 2000): 1,861. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,820 (-2.2% change)
Males: 903 (48.5%), Females: 958 (51.5%)
Zip code:
17868
Median resident age: 41.7 years
Median household income: $45,469 (year 2000)
Median house value: $99,300 (year 2000)
Races in Riverside:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.8%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (40.5%), Irish (18.1%),
English (8.7%), Polish (8.0%), Italian (6.2%), Dutch (5.5%).
Land area: 4.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Riverside
- High school or higher: 90.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 13.3%
- Unemployed: 2.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Riverside borough
- Never married: 17.0%
- Now married: 66.8%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 7.2%
- Divorced: 6.8%
1.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -129 (-6.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Riverside:
- DANVILLE STATE HOSP (about 3 miles; DANVILLE, PA)
- GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; DANVILLE,
PA)
- PENN STATE - GEISINGER REHAB HOSP (about 3 miles;
DANVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Riverside:
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 28 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 54 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 63
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Riverside:
- DANVILLE (about 1 miles; DANVILLE, PA; ID: 8N8)
- SUNBURY (about 7 miles; SUNBURY, PA; ID: H11)
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (about 11 miles; SHAMOKIN, PA;
ID: N79)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Riverside:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 15
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 34 miles;
WILLIAMSPORT, PA; FT enrollment: 4,666)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
49 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 53 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
Private high school in Riverside:
- SUSQUEHANNA BIBLE ACADEMY (Students: 20;
Location: PO BOX 455; Grades: 2 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Riverside:
- RIVERSIDE EL SCH (Students: 171; Grades: KG -
05)
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