Jonestown, Pennsylvania

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Demographics

People

Total Population	1,699
Male Share of the Population	52.3%
Female Share of the Population	47.7%
Senior Citizens	9.7%
Employed Population 16+	873
Age of the Population	36

Families

% of people married	58.1%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	19.5%
Median Earnings25+	$40,859
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$42,813
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$40,104

Wealth

Median Family Income	$79,306
% Above Poverty Level	93.8%
% Below Poverty Level	6.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	27 minutes
% Working from Home	3.9%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.7%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	18.7%
Median Gross Rent	$739
Median House Value	$185,100

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	11.9%
Irish	8.1%
Italian	5.2%
English	4.6%
Polish	3.3%
Hungarian	2.4%
German	1.8%
Welsh	1%
Swiss	0.6%
West Indian	0.5%
Slovak	0.5%
Lithuanian	0.5%
Croatian	0.5%
Russian	0.4%
Swedish	0.4%
French Except Basque	0.4%
Danishn	0.4%
Ukrainian	0.2%
Slovene	0.2%
Czech	0.2%
Canadian	0.2%
Israeli	0.2%
Greek	0.1%
Austrian	0.1%
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Jonestown Almanac

Category	Value
County	Lebanon County
Standard Zip Codes	17038
Phone Area Codes	717
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.41
Approximate Longitude	-76.48

Jonestown Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	LEBANON 2 W
Distance	5.6 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 36 F
Apr Temp	38 to 61 F
Jul Temp	61 to 83 F
Oct Temp	40 to 63 F
Annual Precip	43.6 inches

Station	LANDISVILLE 2 NW
Distance	20.7 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 38 F
Apr Temp	39 to 64 F
Jul Temp	62 to 85 F
Oct Temp	41 to 66 F
Annual Precip	43.4 inches

Station	LANCASTER 2 NE FILT PLT
Distance	27.2 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 38 F
Apr Temp	40 to 62 F
Jul Temp	64 to 85 F
Oct Temp	43 to 65 F
Annual Precip	43.4 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Cleona	2,105	$69,531
Cornwall	4,232	$83,672
Lebanon	25,654	$41,428

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Jonestown Public Schools

Lickdale El Sch
40 Fisher Avenue
ZIP: 17038
(717) 865-4012
Primary
Total Enrollment 209

Jonestown El Sch
135 South King St, Po Box 839
ZIP: 17038
(717) 865-3193
Primary
Total Enrollment 484

Jonestown Private Schools

Blue Mt Christian School
14 Silvertown Rd
ZIP: 17038
Combined Elementary And Secondary
Total Enrollment 40

Jonestown Mennonite School
239 Old Route 22
ZIP: 17038
Combined Elementary And Secondary
Total Enrollment 56

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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