Moving to Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania
Population: 895. Estimated population in July 2024: 898 (+0.3% change)
Males: 430 (48.0%), Females: 465 (52.0%)
Carbon County
Zip code: 18030
Demographics
Median resident age: 40.8 years
Median household income: $34,688
Median house value: $83,500
Population by Race
Races in Bowmanstown:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
Ancestries: German (37.5%), Dutch (8.0%), United States (6.9%), Irish (5.8%), Italian (4.5%), English (4.0%).
Elevation: 495 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Bowmanstown
- High school or higher: 76.8%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 6.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Bowmanstown borough
- Never married: 23.6%
- Now married: 54.3%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 8.2%
- Divorced: 10.9%
1.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +7 (+0.8%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Bowmanstown:
- GNADEN HUETTEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; LEHIGHTON, PA)
- PALMERTON HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; PALMERTON, PA)
- NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR KIDS IN CRISES (about 13 miles; OREFIELD, PA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bowmanstown:
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 19 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA; Abbreviation: ABE)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 36 miles; READING, PA; Abbreviation: RDG)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 37 miles; WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; Abbreviation: AVP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bowmanstown:
- BELTZVILLE (about 3 miles; LEHIGHTON, PA; Abbreviation: 14N)
- FLYING M AERODROME (about 6 miles; GERMANSVILLE, PA; Abbreviation: P91)
- SLATINGTON (about 6 miles; SLATINGTON, PA; Abbreviation: 69N)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bowmanstown:
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 10 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,145)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 17 miles; Allentown, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,334)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 20 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,101)
- LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; Full-time enrollment: 5,725)
- NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,128)
- LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (about 32 miles; EASTON, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,218)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,438)