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Renting an Apartment in Jenkintown
Jenkintown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ten miles
(16 km) north of Philadelphia. The Jenkintown train station is one of
SEPTA's major stops. The R1, R2, R3 and R5 all stop at the Jenkintown
station.
History
The Borough of Jenkintown is located just outside of Philadelphia along
the Route 611 corridor between Abington and Cheltenham Townships. The
Borough was settled in about 1697 and incorporated on December 8, 1874
when approximately 248 acres was taken from Abington Township. Today,
the Borough is approximately .58 of a square mile and is home to 4,500
residents.
The Borough is a mostly residential community that is separated into
East and West by the Business District that runs along and surrounds the
York Road (Route 611) corridor. On the east side of York Road,
residential development is predominantly characterized by larger
detached single-family homes on lots larger than the Borough average. On
the southeast side of York Road, there is a small mixed concentration of
row homes, duplexes, and single-family residences. The majority of the
residential development, however, is located to the west of York Road.
This area consists of a traditional small town mix of detached
single-family homes, duplexes, and row homes. Discretely located
throughout this area are several multi-family apartment buildings that
are residential rental properties. At the center of this residential
area are the Jenkintown Elementary School and the Jenkintown High
School.
At the heart of its past is the Jenkintown Fire Department, which
consists of two Fire Companies founded more than one hundred and twenty
five years ago. The Jenkintown Fire Department is a totally volunteer
department consisting of the Pioneer Fire Company #1 and the Independent
Fire Company #2. The Pioneer Company was organized in 1884 and the
Independent Company was organized in 1889. The Fire Department has a
total membership of approximately 150 with 50 members being the active
firefighting crew.
Education
Jenkintown has its own school district with grades from kindergarten to
12th. The mascot of Jenkintown High School is the Drake. The sports
teams are known as the Drakes, or the Lady Drakes in the case of
all-female teams. The mascot name comes from a pond which was filled in
to make way for the football stadium.
Jenkintown has a public library and is also home to Manor College.
Geography
Jenkintown is located at [show location on an interactive map]
40�5′46″N, 75�7′46″W (40.096060, -75.129415).GR1 Old York Road (U.S.
Rte. 611) cuts through the center of Jenkintown.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total
area of 1.5 km� (0.6 mi�), all land.
Strangely, there is no other Jenkintown in the world. There are a few
Jenkinstowns, but leaving the 's' off the name has left this town with a
unique identity.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 4,478 people, 2,035 households,
and 1,088 families residing in the borough. The population density was
3,033.3/km� (7,844.0/mi�). There were 2,085 housing units at an average
density of 1,412.3/km� (3,652.2/mi�). The racial makeup of the borough
was 93.61% White, 4.00% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.94%
Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 0.89% from
two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.30% of the
population.
There were 2,035 households out of which 24.3% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were married couples living together,
8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.5% were
non-families. 40.6% of all households were made up of individuals and
19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The
average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the borough the population is spread out with 22.9% under the age of
18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and
21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years.
For every 100 females there were 78.9 males. For every 100 females age
18 and over, there were 73.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $47,743, and the
median income for a family was $72,902. Males had a median income of
$41,970 versus $35,625 for females. The per capita income for the
borough was $29,834. About 1.9% of families and 5.1% of the population
were below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and
7.2% of those age 65 or over.
Politics and government
Jenkintown has a city manager form of government with a mayor and a
twelve-member borough council. The current mayor is Gregory Wall.
The borough is part of the Thirteenth Congressional District
(represented by Rep. Allyson Schwartz), Pennsylvania's 154th
Representative District (represented by Rep. Lawrence Curry) and
Pennsylvania's 4th Senatorial District (represented by Sen. LeAnna
Washington).