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Population (year 2000): 3,024. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,915 (-3.6% change)
Males: 1,449 (47.9%), Females: 1,575 (52.1%)
Bradford County
Zip code:
18848
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $35,814 (year 2000)
Median house value: $74,000 (year 2000)
Races in Towanda:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Black (0.9%)
Ancestries: English (19.8%), German (17.3%),
Irish (16.7%), United States (11.1%), Italian (4.2%), Dutch
(3.9%).
Elevation: 737 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Towanda
- High school or higher: 89.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.9%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Towanda borough
- Never married: 22.6%
- Now married: 53.6%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 12.5%
2.1% Foreign born (1.6% Asia, 0.5% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -500 (-14.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Towanda:
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (ONE HOSPITAL DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Towanda:
- ROBERT PACKER HOSP (about 16 miles; SAYRE, PA)
- TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; TROY, PA)
- ARNOT OGDEN MEDICAL CENTER (about 33 miles; ELMIRA,
NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Towanda:
- ELMIRA/CORNING REGIONAL (about 40 miles;
ELMIRA/CORNING, NY; ID: ELM)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 45
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
- ITHACA TOMPKINS REGIONAL (about 49 miles; ITHACA,
NY; ID: ITH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Towanda:
- BRADFORD COUNTY (about 3 miles; TOWANDA, PA; ID:
N27)
- BLUE SWAN (about 17 miles; SAYRE, PA; ID: N32)
- TRI-CITIES (about 33 miles; ENDICOTT, NY; ID: CZG)
College/University in Towanda:
- NORTHERN TIER CAREER CENTER (Full-time
enrollment: 25; Location: RD 1 BOX 157A; Public;
Website: home.epix.net/~ntcc/)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Towanda:
- MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 44
miles; MANSFIELD, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,831)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 45 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY-ENDOWED COLLEGES (about 47 miles;
ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 12,036)
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY-NY STATE STATUTORY COLLEGES
(about 47 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 7,413)
- ITHACA COLLEGE (about 47 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT
enrollment: 6,052)
- CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; CORNING,
NY; FT enrollment: 2,797)
Public high school in Towanda:
- TOWANDA AREA SHS (Students: 607; Grades: 09 -
12)
Public primary/middle schools in Towanda:
- TOWANDA AREA MS (Students: 586; Grades: 05 -
08)
- MORROW EL SCH (Students: 247; Grades: PK -
04)
- MULBERRY STREET SCHOOL (Students: 111;
Grades: KG - KG)
- NORTHERN TIER CAREER CENTER (Grades: 00 - 00)
Private primary/middle schools in Towanda:
- ST AGNES SCHOOL (Students: 204; Location: 102
THIRD STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- BARCLAY FRIENDS SCHOOL (Students: 32;
Location: RR 1 BOX 167B; Grades: PK - 4)
Library in Towanda:
- TOWANDA PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$132,443; Location: 104 MAIN ST; 31,509 books; 377 audio
materials; 189 video materials; 80 serial subscriptions)
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