Jersey Shore, PA Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (total): Population in 2019: 4,139 (100% urban, 0% rural). >Population change since 2000: -7.7%

Median Age: 38.4 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2019: $691.

Poverty (breakdown):

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (31.9%), Irish (18.3%), American (12.1%), English (8.9%), Norwegian (3.8%), Slovak (2.4%).

Elevation: 600 feet

Zip Codes: 17740

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2019: $47,100 (it was $30,594 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2019: $22,990 (it was $15,343 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $113,302 (it was $67,500 in 2000) Jersey Shore:$113,302PA:$192,600

Races:
      White alone - 4,129 - 98.1%
      Hispanic - 35 - 0.8%

Jersey Shore was once a major player in the railroad industry. In 1901, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad announced it would build large rail car shops near Avis, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Jersey Shore, on the far side of Pine Creek. To induce workers and businesses to favor Jersey Shore over competing towns, entrepreneurs acquired land and built the Jersey Shore Electric Street Railway, a trolley line running from the city to the New York Central shops. In 1905, a second trolley line, the Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railway, was put into service between the city and the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Antes Fort, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the southeast. These two trolley lines changed Jersey Shore from a city with no railroad connection to a city with two. What had formerly been a minor stop on the West Branch Canal and stagecoach lines was transformed into an industrial boomtown. Over 1,000 skilled mechanics were employed at the car shops. They were able to earn wages that far exceeded the normal income of the average worker in Lycoming County at the time. Other early industrial ventures in Jersey Shore included the American Balance Valve and Machine Works (a maker of railroad valves), the Susquehanna Silk Mill and the Jersey Shore Creamery Company.

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1020 Thompson St 0.1 miles

1020 Thompson St
Jersey Shore, PA 17740
Categories: Jersey Shore PA

560 McElhattan Dr 5.8 miles

560 McElhattan Dr
McElhattan, PA 17748
Categories: McElhattan PA

220 WOODWARD AVE STE 3 9.2 miles

220 WOODWARD AVE STE 3
LOCK HAVEN, PA 17745
Categories: LOCK HAVEN PA

5 W MAIN ST 10.5 miles

5 W MAIN ST
LOCK HAVEN, PA 17745
Categories: LOCK HAVEN PA

2605 Reach Rd 10.8 miles

2605 Reach Rd
WILLIAMSPORT, PA 17701
Categories: WILLIAMSPORT PA

955 BELLEFONTE AVE 11.5 miles

955 BELLEFONTE AVE
LOCK HAVEN, PA 17745
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24 CREE DR 11.6 miles

24 CREE DR
LOCK HAVEN, PA 17745
Categories: LOCK HAVEN PA

610 HIGH ST 11.7 miles

610 HIGH ST
LOCK HAVEN, PA 17745
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777 RURAL AVE 13.3 miles

777 RURAL AVE
WILLIAMSPORT, PA 17701
Categories: WILLIAMSPORT PA

1100 GRAMPIAN BLVD 15.1 miles

1100 GRAMPIAN BLVD
WILLIAMSPORT, PA 17701
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Jersey Shore is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, 15 miles (24 km) west by south of Williamsport. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, Jersey Shore held farms, railroad shops, cigar factories, a foundry, and a large silk mill. The population was 4,361 at the 2010 census. The community is actually over 100 miles from New Jersey.

Jersey Shore was incorporated as a borough on March 15, 1826. The history of Jersey Shore begins about 50 years before it was incorporated and on the opposite bank of the West Branch Susquehanna River in what is now Nippenose Township. Colonel John Henry Antes arrived in 1772 and established a homestead along the banks of Antes Creek. Antes also built a gristmill and his fortified home, Fort Antes, provided a safe haven for the early settlers against raids conducted by Loyalist and Indian forces during the American Revolution. Settlers who had sought refuge at Fort Antes and had returned to the right bank of the West Branch to milk their cows were among the first killed when Fort Antes was attacked just prior to the Big Runaway. These pioneers on the north side of the river were counted among the Fair Play Men, a group of squatters who lived outside the jurisdiction of the colonial and revolutionary governments of Pennsylvania. Many of the settlers did not return to the area until after Sullivan's Expedition had forced the Lenape and other Indians allied with the British further west.

Jersey Shore was originally named Waynesburg by the two brothers, Reuben and Jeremiah Manning, who laid out the town circa 1785. Around the time that this was happening, a settlement arose on the eastern side of the West Branch Susquehanna River (Nippenose Township), opposite Waynesburg. A rivalry developed between the two settlements, and those on the eastern shore began referring to the settlement on the western shore as the "Jersey Shore," because the Manning family had relocated from New Jersey. The nickname became so fixed that in 1826 the original name of Waynesburg was officially abandoned and changed to Jersey Shore.

Jersey Shore's location on the West Branch Susquehanna River, just downstream from the mouth of Pine Creek made it an ideal location for traders and other businessmen who outfitted the pioneers who settled the western most portions of the West Branch Susquehanna River Valley and the Pine Creek valley. Thomas Martin was a farmer who sold his produce to the people of Jersey Shore and to the men and women who were just passing through. Mr. Martin was noted for his strong beliefs regarding the prices that he set. For example, if he believed that his potatoes were worth 35 cents a bushel, he would sell them for 35 cents a bushel, no more no less. If his competitors would sell potatoes for 50 cents a bushel, Martin would not raise his price and if others lowered the price to 25 cents per bushel, he would not lower his price. This firmness and fairness allowed Thomas Martin to rise to a position of prominence in Jersey Shore and Lycoming County. His reputation for fairness and honesty was passed onto his son Lewis Martin who went on to serve as a Lycoming County prothonotary and as a deputy U.S. Marshal.

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Population (total): Population in 2019: 4,139 (100% urban, 0% rural). >Population change since 2000: -7.7%

Median Age: 38.4 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2019: $691.

Poverty (breakdown):

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (31.9%), Irish (18.3%), American (12.1%), English (8.9%), Norwegian (3.8%), Slovak (2.4%).

Elevation: 600 feet

Zip Codes: 17740

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2019: $47,100 (it was $30,594 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2019: $22,990 (it was $15,343 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $113,302 (it was $67,500 in 2000) Jersey Shore:$113,302PA:$192,600

Races:
      White alone - 4,129 - 98.1%
      Hispanic - 35 - 0.8%

Jersey Shore was once a major player in the railroad industry. In 1901, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad announced it would build large rail car shops near Avis, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Jersey Shore, on the far side of Pine Creek. To induce workers and businesses to favor Jersey Shore over competing towns, entrepreneurs acquired land and built the Jersey Shore Electric Street Railway, a trolley line running from the city to the New York Central shops. In 1905, a second trolley line, the Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railway, was put into service between the city and the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Antes Fort, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the southeast. These two trolley lines changed Jersey Shore from a city with no railroad connection to a city with two. What had formerly been a minor stop on the West Branch Canal and stagecoach lines was transformed into an industrial boomtown. Over 1,000 skilled mechanics were employed at the car shops. They were able to earn wages that far exceeded the normal income of the average worker in Lycoming County at the time. Other early industrial ventures in Jersey Shore included the American Balance Valve and Machine Works (a maker of railroad valves), the Susquehanna Silk Mill and the Jersey Shore Creamery Company.