Upper St. Clair is a medium-sized town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 20,053 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Upper St. Clair is the 51st largest community in Pennsylvania.

Upper St. Clair is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.28% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Upper St. Clair is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Upper St. Clair who work in management occupations (17.40%), sales jobs (16.84%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.23%).

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

In addition, Upper St. Clair 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, Upper St. Clair is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Upper St. Clair 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, Upper St. Clair has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Upper St. Clair's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Upper St. Clair Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Upper St. Clair, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Upper St. Clair is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 65.35% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Upper St. Clair in 2000 was $42,413, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,652 for a family of four. However, Upper St. Clair contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Upper St. Clair is English.