About Yardley

Yardley is a very small coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,498 people and just one neighborhood, Yardley is the 620th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Yardley is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 85.02% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Yardley is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yardley who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.87%), sales jobs (10.90%), and management occupations (10.35%).

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

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

For a small borough, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Yardley. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Yardley.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Yardley is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One of the nice things about Yardley is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the borough are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

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

Yardley Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Yardley, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Yardley is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.07% 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 Yardley in 2000 was $32,802, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,208 for a family of four. However, Yardley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Yardley is English.