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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Petersburg is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, East Petersburg is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making East Petersburg a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, East Petersburg has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, East Petersburg's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of East Petersburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the borough are less than they would otherwise be.

East Petersburg is a small borough, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around East Petersburg, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.45% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

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.