As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 2,107 people, 928 households, and 596 families living in the borough.
The population density was 4,826.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,863.4/km2). There were 992 housing units at an average density of 2,272.3 per square mile (877.3/km2).
There were 928 households, out of which 25.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 49.5% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of eighteen, 7.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 26.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 21.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.2% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-two years.
For every one hundred females, there were 83.2 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 77.9 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $30,721, and the median income for a family was $39,728. Males had a median income of $36,007 compared with that of $23,103 for females.
Roughly 6.0% of families and 6.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.
