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Population (year 2000): 5,383. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,417 (+0.6% change)
Males: 2,357 (43.8%), Females: 3,026 (56.2%)
Snyder County
Zip code:
17870
Median resident age: 25.5 years
Median household income: $31,034 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,400 (year 2000)
Races in Selinsgrove:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.9%)
- Hispanic (2.9%)
- Black (2.7%)
- Other race (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (36.8%), Irish (10.9%),
Italian (10.1%), English (9.8%), United States (5.8%), Polish
(5.2%).
Elevation: 444 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Selinsgrove
- High school or higher: 82.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.5%
- Unemployed: 6.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Selinsgrove borough
- Never married: 46.1%
- Now married: 37.4%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 8.3%
- Divorced: 6.5%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -77 (-1.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Selinsgrove:
- SUNBURY COMMUNITY HOSP (about 8 miles; SUNBURY, PA)
- EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 12 miles;
LEWISBURG, PA)
- DANVILLE STATE HOSP (about 21 miles; DANVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Selinsgrove:
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 30 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 44 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- LANCASTER (about 62 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Selinsgrove:
- PENN VALLEY (about 2 miles; SELINSGROVE, PA; ID:
SEG)
- SUNBURY (about 9 miles; SUNBURY, PA; ID: 71N)
- SUNBURY (about 13 miles; SUNBURY, PA; ID: H11)
Colleges/Universities in Selinsgrove:
- SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment:
1,747; Location: 514 UNIVERSITY AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.susqu.edu)
- ICT SCHOOL OF WELDING (FT enrollment: 21;
Location: 100 PENNSYLVANIA AVE; Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Selinsgrove:
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 3,534)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 33
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
- PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 33 miles;
WILLIAMSPORT, PA; FT enrollment: 4,666)
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
35 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 43 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 46 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 46
miles; LOCK HAVEN, PA; FT enrollment: 3,738)
Public high school in Selinsgrove:
- SELINSGROVE AREA HS (Students: 1,013; Grades:
09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Selinsgrove:
- SELINSGROVE AREA MS (Students: 720; Grades:
06 - 08)
- SELINSGROVE INTRMD SCH (Students: 632;
Grades: 03 - 05)
- SELINSGROVE EL SCH (Students: 321; Grades: KG
- 02)
- JACKSON-PENN EL SCH (Students: 204; Grades:
KG - 02)
Private primary/middle schools in Selinsgrove:
- MEADOW VIEW PAROCHIAL SCHOOL (Students: 41;
Location: RR 3 BOX 189; Grades: 1 - 8)
- KANTZ CHURCH SCHOOL (Students: 13; Location:
RR 3 BOX 265; Grades: 1 - 8)
Library in Selinsgrove:
- SNYDER COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating
income: $457,224; Location: 1 NORTH HIGH ST; 61,755
books; 1,559 audio materials; 2,012 video materials; 230
serial subscriptions)
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