About Perkiomenville

Perkiomenville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,786 people and just one neighborhood, Perkiomenville is the 299th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Perkiomenville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Perkiomenville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Perkiomenville who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.99%), sales jobs (7.55%), and management occupations (7.31%).

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

Because of many things, Perkiomenville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Perkiomenville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Perkiomenville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Perkiomenville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Perkiomenville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Perkiomenville 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. 97.54% 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, Perkiomenville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Perkiomenville Information and Demographics

The population of Perkiomenville 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 Perkiomenville, 19.15% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Perkiomenville in 2000 was $23,539, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,156 for a family of four. However, Perkiomenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Perkiomenville is English.