About Girard

Girard is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 8,552 people and just one neighborhood, Girard is the 182nd largest community in Pennsylvania. Girard has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Girard is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Girard is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Girard who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.69%), sales jobs (10.38%), and teaching (5.92%).

Girard is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Girard isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.49% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Girard Information and Demographics

The education level of Girard citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 15.59% of adults 25 and older in Girard have a college degree.

The per capita income in Girard in 2000 was $17,007, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,028 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Girard is English.