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Population (year 2000): 743. Estimated
population in July 2005: 718 (-3.4% change)
Males: 343 (46.2%), Females: 400 (53.8%)
Mercer County
Zip code:
16145
Median resident age: 37.3 years
Median household income: $34,231 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,300 (year 2000)
Races in Sandy Lake:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.2%)
Ancestries: German (31.4%), Irish (20.1%),
English (16.3%), Scotch-Irish (12.8%), Polish (7.0%), United
States (6.5%).
Elevation: 1160 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sandy Lake
- High school or higher: 81.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sandy Lake borough
- Never married: 24.3%
- Now married: 55.9%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 10.1%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +4 (+0.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sandy Lake:
- UNITED COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; GROVE
CITY, PA)
- UPMC NORTHWEST (about 18 miles; FRANKLIN, PA)
- MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; MEADVILLE,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sandy Lake:
- VENANGO REGIONAL (about 17 miles; FRANKLIN, PA; ID:
FKL)
- YOUNGSTOWN-WARREN REGIONAL (about 41 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, OH; ID: YNG)
- ERIE INTL/TOM RIDGE FIELD (about 50 miles; ERIE, PA;
ID: ERI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sandy Lake:
- GROVE CITY (about 17 miles; GROVE CITY, PA; ID: 29D)
- PORT MEADVILLE (about 20 miles; MEADVILLE, PA; ID:
GKJ)
- GREENVILLE MUNI (about 22 miles; GREENVILLE, PA; ID:
4G1)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sandy Lake:
- GROVE CITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; GROVE CITY, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,306)
- SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 21
miles; SLIPPERY ROCK, PA; FT enrollment: 6,399)
- YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN, OH; FT enrollment: 9,726)
- GENEVA COLLEGE (about 44 miles; BEAVER FALLS, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,059)
- CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 51 miles;
CLARION, PA; FT enrollment: 5,690)
- NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (about 54
miles; ERIE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,304)
- EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 58 miles;
EDINBORO, PA; FT enrollment: 6,631)
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