Clarks Summit is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,063 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Clarks Summit is the 345th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Clarks Summit is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 89.41% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clarks Summit is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarks Summit who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.30%), sales jobs (17.17%), and management occupations (12.98%).

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

Clarks Summit 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 Summit's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Clarks Summit 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.

Clarks Summit Information and Demographics

The citizens of Clarks Summit are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.77% of adults in Clarks Summit have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Clarks Summit in 2000 was $25,080, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,320 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Clarks Summit is English.