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Population (year 2000): 414. Estimated
population in July 2005: 406 (-1.9% change)
Males: 190 (45.9%), Females: 224 (54.1%)
Zip code:
17249
Median resident age: 40.9 years
Median household income: $27,639 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,300 (year 2000)
Races in Rockhill Furnace:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- Hispanic (2.4%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (24.2%), United States
(11.4%), English (5.6%), Italian (5.3%), Dutch (4.3%), French
(3.9%).
Land area: 0.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rockhill Furnace
- High school or higher: 70.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
- Unemployed: 11.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rockhill Furnace borough
- Never married: 17.2%
- Now married: 66.6%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 9.7%
- Divorced: 5.9%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -7 (-1.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rockhill Furnace:
- J C BLAIR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles;
HUNTINGDON, PA)
- FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles;
MCCONNELLSBURG, PA)
- CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; CHAMBERSBURG,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rockhill Furnace:
- ALTOONA-BLAIR COUNTY (about 29 miles; ALTOONA, PA;
ID: AOO)
- HAGERSTOWN REGIONAL-RICHARD A HENSON FLD (about 40
miles; HAGERSTOWN, MD; ID: HGR)
- UNIVERSITY PARK (about 41 miles; STATE COLLEGE, PA;
ID: UNV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rockhill Furnace:
- HUNTINGDON COUNTY (about 6 miles; MOUNT UNION, PA;
ID: MUU)
- CHAMBERSBURG MUNI (about 27 miles; CHAMBERSBURG, PA;
ID: N68)
- EWT 4 (about 27 miles; HONEY GROVE, PA; ID: 02P)
Amtrak station near Rockhill Furnace:
- 19 miles: HUNTINGDON (402 ALLEGHENY ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public payphones, snack bar.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rockhill Furnace:
- SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 31
miles; SHIPPENSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,330)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 39
miles; UNIVERSITY PARK, PA; FT enrollment: 38,248)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE ALTOONA
(about 40 miles; ALTOONA, PA; FT enrollment: 3,516)
- DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 49 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,098)
- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 55 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,216)
- SHEPHERD COLLEGE (about 56 miles; Shepherdstown, WV;
FT enrollment: 3,576)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 63 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
Public primary/middle school in Rockhill Furnace:
- ROCKHILL EL SCH (Students: 213; Grades: KG -
06)
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