About Atglen

Atglen is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,217 people and just one neighborhood, Atglen is the 823rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Atglen has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Atglen is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Atglen is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Atglen who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.96%), sales jobs (7.50%), and food service (6.98%).

Also of interest is that Atglen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Atglen is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Atglen Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Atglen is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.54% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Atglen in 2000 was $17,732, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,928 for a family of four.

Atglen is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Atglen home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Atglen is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Atglen include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Atglen is English. Some people also speak Spanish.