About Clarks Green

Clarks Green is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,626 people and just one neighborhood, Clarks Green is the 749th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Clarks Green is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 90.64% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clarks Green is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarks Green who work in sales jobs (16.17%), healthcare (14.04%), and management occupations (13.33%).

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

In addition, Clarks Green 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.

Clarks Green is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Clarks Green's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Clarks Green is a very car-oriented borough. 98.65% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Clarks Green is a small borough, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Clarks Green has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small borough, Clarks Green does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Clarks Green Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Clarks Green, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Clarks Green is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.96% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Clarks Green in 2000 was $35,975, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,900 for a family of four.

The people who call Clarks Green home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clarks Green is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Clarks Green include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, English, Welsh, Scottish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Clarks Green is English.