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Population (year 2000): 1,911. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,825 (-4.5% change)
Males: 889 (46.5%), Females: 1,022 (53.5%)
Wyoming County
Zip code:
18657
Median resident age: 41.0 years
Median household income: $32,216 (year 2000)
Median house value: $88,800 (year 2000)
Races in Tunkhannock:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.6%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (18.9%), Irish (14.9%),
English (14.3%), Polish (9.9%), Italian (9.3%), Welsh (6.2%).
Elevation: 640 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Tunkhannock
- High school or higher: 84.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.6%
- Unemployed: 5.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Tunkhannock borough
- Never married: 24.7%
- Now married: 49.8%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 15.8%
- Divorced: 7.7%
3.7% Foreign born (1.6% Asia, 1.5% Europe, 0.5%
North America).
Population change in the 1990s: -397 (-17.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Tunkhannock:
- TYLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (ROUTE 6 RD 1)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Tunkhannock:
- CLARKS SUMMIT STATE HOSP (about 17 miles; CLARKS
SUMMIT, PA)
- MERCY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
- PENN STATE GEISINGERY WYOMING VALLEY (about 20
miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Tunkhannock:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 22 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 46
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 71 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tunkhannock:
- SKYHAVEN (about 2 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
- SEAMANS FIELD (about 14 miles; FACTORYVILLE, PA; ID:
9N3)
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 19 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Tunkhannock:
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,438)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 23 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 40 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 50
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
Public high school in Tunkhannock:
- TUNKHANNOCK HS (Students: 1,027; Grades: 09 -
12)
Private high school in Tunkhannock:
- ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL (Students: 78; Location:
P.O. BOX #370 - HOBAN HEIGHTS-; Grades: 6 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Tunkhannock:
- TUNKHANNOCK MS (Students: 1,052; Grades: 05 -
08)
- ROSLUND EL SCH (Students: 355; Grades: KG -
04)
- EVANS FALLS EL SCH (Students: 289; Grades: KG
- 04)
Private primary/middle school in Tunkhannock:
- TUNKHANNOCK PILGRIM SCHOOL (Students: 24;
Location: 135 WEST TIOGA STREET; Grades: 1 - 11)
Library in Tunkhannock:
- TUNKHANNOCK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$173,877; Location: 220 W TIOGA ST; 30,730 books; 1,017
audio materials; 1,151 video materials; 80 serial
subscriptions)
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