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Population (year 2000): 2,043. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,136 (+4.6% change)
Males: 968 (47.4%), Females: 1,075 (52.6%)
Northampton County
Zip code:
18088
Median resident age: 40.5 years
Median household income: $41,743 (year 2000)
Median house value: $97,800 (year 2000)
Races in Walnutport:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.5%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
Ancestries: German (36.0%), United States
(13.0%), Irish (8.3%), Italian (6.1%), Welsh (5.5%), Dutch
(5.0%).
Elevation: 380 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Walnutport
- High school or higher: 72.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Walnutport borough
- Never married: 22.1%
- Now married: 56.4%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 10.0%
- Divorced: 9.7%
2.1% Foreign born (1.5% Asia, 0.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -63 (-3.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Walnutport:
- PALMERTON HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; PALMERTON, PA)
- NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR KIDS IN CRISES (about 9 miles;
OREFIELD, PA)
- GNADEN HUETTEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
LEHIGHTON, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Walnutport:
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 14 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 37
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 41 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Walnutport:
- SLATINGTON (about 2 miles; SLATINGTON, PA; ID: 69N)
- BELTZVILLE (about 7 miles; LEHIGHTON, PA; ID: 14N)
- FLYING M AERODROME (about 8 miles; GERMANSVILLE, PA;
ID: P91)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Walnutport:
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 6 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,145)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 12 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
- LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT
enrollment: 5,725)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 20 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20
miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 3,128)
- LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (about 27 miles; EASTON, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,218)
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
37 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
Public primary/middle school in Walnutport:
- LEHIGH TWP EL SCH (Students: 632; Grades: KG
- 06)
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