Moving to Cressona, Pennsylvania
Population: 1,635. Estimated population in July 2024: 1,563 (-4.4% change)
Males: 822 (50.3%), Females: 813 (49.7%)
Schuylkill County
Zip code: 17929
Demographics
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $39,783
Median house value: $69,100
Population by Race
Races in Cressona:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (42.6%), Irish (12.0%), Dutch (8.1%), Polish (7.8%), Italian (6.7%), English (6.2%).
Elevation: 562 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Cressona
- High school or higher: 85.5%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 11.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
- Unemployed: 4.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Cressona borough
- Never married: 21.8%
- Now married: 59.8%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 7.4%
- Divorced: 9.6%
1.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -37 (-2.2%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Cressona:
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 5 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; ASHLAND, PA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cressona:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 25 miles; READING, PA; Abbreviation: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 36 miles; LANCASTER, PA; Abbreviation: LNS)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 50 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; Abbreviation: MDT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cressona:
- GRIMES (about 11 miles; BETHEL, PA; Abbreviation: 8N1)
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 13 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA; Abbreviation: ZER)
- DECK (about 22 miles; MYERSTOWN, PA; Abbreviation: 9D4)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cressona:
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS (about 26 miles; READING, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,003)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 30 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,101)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 32 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,145)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,582)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 46 miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,384)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 47 miles; Allentown, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,334)
Public primary/middle school in Cressona:
- BLUE MOUNTAIN EL CRESSONA SCH (Students: 236; Grades: KG – 05)
Private primary/middle school in Cressona:
- CRESSONA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 143; Location: 101 GRAEFF STREET; Grades: PK – 8)