About East Petersburg

East Petersburg is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,587 people and just one neighborhood, East Petersburg is the 392nd largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some boroughs , East Petersburg isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in East Petersburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Petersburg is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Petersburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.89%), sales jobs (13.64%), and teaching (7.24%).

Of important note, East Petersburg is also a borough of artists. East Petersburg has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape East Petersburg's character.

In addition, East Petersburg is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, East Petersburg 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, East Petersburg really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is East Petersburg 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.

Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.53 minutes getting to work every day.

East Petersburg is a very car-oriented borough. 97.45% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because East Petersburg 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. East Petersburg has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small borough, East Petersburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

East Petersburg Information and Demographics

The overall education level of East Petersburg citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 27.31% of adults in East Petersburg have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in East Petersburg in 2000 was $21,979, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,916 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in East Petersburg is English.