White Haven, Pennsylvania White Haven, Pennsylvania White Haven is positioned in Pennsylvania White Haven - White Haven White Haven is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
White Haven was created in 1824 by industrialist Josiah White.
It is positioned along the Lehigh River which joins White Haven to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
The populace was 1,097 at the 2010 census. White Haven is positioned 17 miles (27 km) south of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and 4 miles (6 km) west of the I-476 and I-80 interchange.
White Haven's altitude is 1,221 feet (372 m) above sea level.
White Haven is positioned at 41 3 34 N 75 46 34 W (41.059532, -75.776123). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2), of which 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 2.12%, is water. The ethnic makeup of the borough was 98.39% White, 0.08% Native American, 1.27% Asian, and 0.25% from two or more competitions.
The chief ancestries reported by White Haven inhabitants on the 2000 Enumeration were Polish, with 17% of the population, Italian with 13%, Irish with 10%, Slovak with 8%, and German with 6%.
However, Czechoslovakian, Carpatho Rusyn, Eastern European and Slavic were all reported by about one percent of the population, so the Slovak populace might have come in second to Polish if the census had allowed reporting of more than two ancestries.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $37,438, and the median income for a family was $43,846.
About 4.5% of families and 6.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
Lehigh Valley Railroad Engine House, White Haven "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): White Haven borough, Pennsylvania".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): White Haven borough, Pennsylvania".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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