Hermitage is a somewhat small city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 16,130 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Hermitage is the 67th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Hermitage is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hermitage is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hermitage who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.70%), sales jobs (14.16%), and healthcare (10.17%).

One of the benefits of Hermitage is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.29 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

For most residents of Hermitage, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.1% of people in Hermitage drive alone to work on most days, making Hermitage a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Hermitage's landscape.

Hermitage is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hermitage Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Hermitage citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.38% of adults in Hermitage have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Hermitage in 2000 was $23,227, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,908 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Hermitage is English.