About Elgin

Elgin is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 222 people and just one neighborhood, Elgin is the 1029th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elgin is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 54.1% of the Elgin workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Elgin is a borough of production and manufacturing workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elgin who work in management occupations (9.18%), office and administrative support jobs (6.12%), and business and financial occupations (5.10%).

A very large number of seniors call Elgin home: people 65 and over are 29.28% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the borough's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

Elgin 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 Elgin, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.84% 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, Elgin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Elgin Information and Demographics

In Elgin, just 8.64% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Elgin in 2000 was $15,611, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,444 for a family of four.

The people who call Elgin home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Elgin is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elgin include German, English, Scotch-Irish, Polish, Slovak, Welsh, Irish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Elgin is English.