Kunkletown is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 9,979 people and three associated neighborhoods, Kunkletown is the 109th largest community in Pennsylvania.
A relatively large number of people in Kunkletown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.55% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Kunkletown 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, Kunkletown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kunkletown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Kunkletown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Kunkletown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Kunkletown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.53 minutes every day commuting to work.
The percentage of adults in Kunkletown who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.85% of the adults in Kunkletown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kunkletown in 2022 was $32,997, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,988 for a family of four. However, Kunkletown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kunkletown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kunkletown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kunkletown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kunkletown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kunkletown include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Kunkletown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.