About Mars

Mars is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 9,872 people and just one neighborhood, Mars is the 144th largest community in Pennsylvania.

There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Mars, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Mars, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Mars's real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. The town does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income in Mars is $65,268.

Mars is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.55% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mars is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mars who work in management occupations (17.85%), sales jobs (15.98%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.22%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Mars is a small town, 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 Mars, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.08% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Mars doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mars Information and Demographics

The population of Mars is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 43.86% of adults in Mars have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mars in 2000 was $31,016, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,064 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Mars is English.