About Gladwyne

Gladwyne is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,062 people and just one neighborhood, Gladwyne is the 435th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Gladwyne is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.41% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Gladwyne is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gladwyne who work in management occupations (22.08%), sales jobs (16.52%), and healthcare (12.21%).

Of important note, Gladwyne is also a town of artists. Gladwyne has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Gladwyne's character.

In addition, Gladwyne is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Gladwyne is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Gladwyne really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Gladwyne perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Gladwyne are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Gladwyne 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.

Gladwyne Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Gladwyne is a pretty powerful place. 66.98% of the adults in Gladwyne have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Gladwyne in 2000 was $90,940, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $363,760 for a family of four. However, Gladwyne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Gladwyne is English.