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Population (year 2000): 2,124. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,118 (-0.3% change)
Males: 1,088 (51.2%), Females: 1,036 (48.8%)
Berks County
Zip code:
19555
Median resident age: 41.9 years
Median household income: $37,981 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,600 (year 2000)
Races in Shoemakersville:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.0%)
- Hispanic (6.7%)
- Black (3.0%)
- Other race (2.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Two or more races (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (31.4%), United States
(7.3%), Irish (6.9%), Italian (4.4%), English (3.5%), Polish
(2.4%).
Elevation: 360 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Shoemakersville
- High school or higher: 59.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 22.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Shoemakersville borough
- Never married: 25.4%
- Now married: 57.3%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 6.1%
7.3% Foreign born (5.6% Latin America, 0.8%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +629 (+42.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Shoemakersville:
- READING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles;
READING, PA)
- ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; READING,
PA)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHAB HOSPITAL OF READING (about 14
miles; READING, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Shoemakersville:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 10
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 35 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 39 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Shoemakersville:
- KUTZTOWN (about 13 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; ID: N31)
- GRIMES (about 20 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
- FLYING M AERODROME (about 25 miles; GERMANSVILLE,
PA; ID: P91)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Shoemakersville:
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 12 miles; READING, PA; Full-time enrollment:
2,003)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 14 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 32 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
- LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT
enrollment: 5,725)
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 43 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,042)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 45
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
Public primary/middle school in Shoemakersville:
- PERRY EL SCH (Students: 309; Grades: KG - 05)
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