Girard is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,944 people and two associated neighborhoods, Girard is the 497th largest community in Pennsylvania. Girard has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Girard is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Girard is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Girard who work in office and administrative support (13.28%), management occupations (8.60%), and computer science and math (8.03%). Also of interest is that Girard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small borough, Girard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Girard is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.90% of adults in Girard have a college degree. The per capita income in Girard in 2022 was $43,461, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $173,844 for a family of four. However, Girard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Girard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Girard residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Girard include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Girard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
