Coal Center is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,152 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Coal Center is the 668th largest community in Pennsylvania. Coal Center has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

When you are in Coal Center, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.8% of Coal Center's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Coal Center is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Coal Center who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.50%), sales jobs (9.61%), and teaching (7.73%).

Coal Center 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 Coal Center, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.16% 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, Coal Center doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Coal Center Information and Demographics

The population of Coal Center overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Coal Center, 16.38% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Coal Center in 2000 was $19,866, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,464 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Coal Center is English.