The population density was . There were 222 housing units at an average density of .

The racial makeup of the borough was 98.74% White, 0.21% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.21% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.21% of the population.

There were 189 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 62.4% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 18.8% under the age of eighteen, 7.9% from eighteen to twenty-four, 29.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 28.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 14.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.

For every one hundred females there were 108.7 males. For every one hundred females age eighteen and over, there were 112.0 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $33,958, and the median income for a family was $37,917. Males had a median income of $28,409 versus $19,688 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,409.

Roughly 1.6% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or over. None were under the age of eighteen.

Transportation

As of 2007, there were of public roads in Parryville, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough.

Interstate 476, the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension, passes through the western part of Parryville, with access from Exit 74 (U.S. Route 209) just north of the borough limits. I-476 leads south to the Allentown area and north to Scranton.

Pennsylvania Route 248 also passes through the borough, following a northwest-southeast alignment across the southwestern portion of the borough, parallel to the Lehigh River.

References

  • Parryville website
  • Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation: