About Pennville

Pennville is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 712 people and just one neighborhood, Pennville is the 357th largest community in Indiana. Pennville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

When you are in Pennville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 55.0% of Pennville's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Pennville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pennville who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.34%), sales jobs (6.71%), and personal care services (5.11%).

Pennville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Pennville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.9% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Pennville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Pennville Information and Demographics

Pennville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.91% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Pennville in 2000 was $14,182, which is low income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $56,728 for a family of four.

The people who call Pennville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pennville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pennville include German, English, Irish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Pennville is English.