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Population (year 2000): 1,429. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,447 (+1.3% change)
Males: 630 (44.1%), Females: 799 (55.9%)
Wayne County
Zip code:
18472
Median resident age: 41.7 years
Median household income: $35,208 (year 2000)
Median house value: $85,700 (year 2000)
Races in Waymart:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (26.5%), Polish (22.5%),
English (19.0%), Irish (16.7%), Italian (10.7%), Welsh (4.8%).
Elevation: 1400 feet
Land area: 2.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Waymart
- High school or higher: 74.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 7.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Waymart borough
- Never married: 18.9%
- Now married: 47.4%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 21.2%
- Divorced: 11.1%
2.0% Foreign born (2.0% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +84 (+6.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Waymart:
- MARIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
CARBONDALE, PA)
- WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; HONESDALE,
PA)
- MID-VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; PECKVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Waymart:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 28 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- SULLIVAN COUNTY INTL (about 44 miles; MONTICELLO,
NY; ID: MSV)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 58
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Waymart:
- CHERRY RIDGE (about 13 miles; HONESDALE, PA; ID:
N30)
- SPRING HILL (about 18 miles; STERLING, PA; ID: 70N)
- SEAMANS FIELD (about 24 miles; FACTORYVILLE, PA; ID:
9N3)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Waymart:
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,203)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 21 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
41 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 50 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
Public primary/middle school in Waymart:
- WILSON EL SCH (Students: 491; Grades: PK -
05)
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