Cheltenham is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 6,628 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Cheltenham is the 257th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Cheltenham is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cheltenham is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cheltenham who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.22%), sales jobs (12.18%), and management occupations (10.43%).

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

In addition, Cheltenham is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Cheltenham is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Cheltenham really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Cheltenham perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

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

Cheltenham Information and Demographics

The education level of Cheltenham citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 43.64% of adults in Cheltenham have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cheltenham in 2000 was $26,844, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,376 for a family of four.

Cheltenham is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cheltenham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cheltenham is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cheltenham include Irish, German, Italian, Russian, Polish, English, and Ukrainian.

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