New Tripoli is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,835 people and three constituent neighborhoods, New Tripoli is the 362nd largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, New Tripoli is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Tripoli is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Tripoli who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.35%), management occupations (9.65%), and sales jobs (8.10%).

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

New Tripoli is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of New Tripoli isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.41% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

New Tripoli Information and Demographics

The overall education level of New Tripoli citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 24.56% of adults in New Tripoli have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in New Tripoli in 2000 was $23,995, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,980 for a family of four. However, New Tripoli contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in New Tripoli is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other West Germanic languages and German.