Jim Thorpe is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,529 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jim Thorpe is the 339th largest community in Pennsylvania. Jim Thorpe 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, Jim Thorpe is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jim Thorpe is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jim Thorpe who work in office and administrative support (16.48%), teaching (12.30%), and healthcare suport services (10.25%). It is a fairly quiet borough because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jim Thorpe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jim Thorpe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jim Thorpe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jim Thorpe may be for you. In Jim Thorpe, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small borough, Jim Thorpe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Jim Thorpe is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.20% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Jim Thorpe in 2022 was $36,937, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $147,748 for a family of four. However, Jim Thorpe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Jim Thorpe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jim Thorpe residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Jim Thorpe include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Jim Thorpe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
