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Population (year 2000): 1,433. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,372 (-4.3% change)
Males: 679 (47.4%), Females: 754 (52.6%)
Zip code:
17098
Median resident age: 40.2 years
Median household income: $33,359 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,100 (year 2000)
Races in Williamstown:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.7%)
Ancestries: German (42.6%), Irish (13.1%),
United States (10.5%), Dutch (9.1%), English (7.5%), Welsh
(6.6%).
Land area: 0.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Williamstown
- High school or higher: 77.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 8.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Williamstown borough
- Never married: 22.9%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 3.4%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 9.2%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -213 (-12.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Williamstown:
- SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
COAL TOWNSHIP, PA)
- MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER,THE (about 21 miles;
HERSHEY, PA)
- SUNBURY COMMUNITY HOSP (about 22 miles; SUNBURY, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Williamstown:
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 29 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- LANCASTER (about 40 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 49
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Williamstown:
- BENDIGO (about 6 miles; TOWER CITY, PA; ID: 74N)
- FARMERS PRIDE (about 17 miles; FREDERICKSBURG, PA;
ID: 9N7)
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (about 18 miles; SHAMOKIN, PA;
ID: N79)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Williamstown:
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
27 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 4,653)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 28 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 33
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 40 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 40 miles; YORK, PA;
FT enrollment: 4,541)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 45
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
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