Emmaus is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 11,242 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Emmaus is the 116th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Emmaus is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Emmaus is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Emmaus who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.72%), sales jobs (10.27%), and management occupations (9.29%).

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

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

Emmaus Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Emmaus is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.64% of adults in Emmaus have a college degree.

The per capita income in Emmaus in 2000 was $23,245, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,980 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Emmaus is English.