Ellwood City is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,454 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ellwood City is the 168th largest community in Pennsylvania.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ellwood City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 56.18% of the Ellwood City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ellwood City is a borough of construction workers and builders, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ellwood City who work in food service (13.02%), teaching (11.06%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.29%). Being a small borough, Ellwood City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Ellwood City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.41% of adults 25 and older in Ellwood City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ellwood City in 2022 was $47,759, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $191,036 for a family of four. However, Ellwood City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ellwood City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ellwood City residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ellwood City include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Ellwood City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
