Fort Washington is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,598 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Fort Washington is the 477th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Fort Washington is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.68% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fort Washington is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Washington who work in management occupations (21.31%), sales jobs (17.17%), and teaching (11.64%).

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

In addition, Fort Washington is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Fort Washington is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Fort Washington 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 town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Fort Washington has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Fort Washington's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Fort Washington is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Fort Washington Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Fort Washington. 61.50% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Fort Washington in 2000 was $43,090, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,360 for a family of four. However, Fort Washington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Fort Washington is English. Some people also speak Korean.