Newville is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,385 people and four associated neighborhoods, Newville is the 749th largest community in Pennsylvania. Newville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Newville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.75% of the Newville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Newville is a borough of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newville who work in office and administrative support (11.11%), food service (8.51%), and sales jobs (5.92%). Overall, Newville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Being a small borough, Newville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Newville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.74% of adults in Newville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Newville in 2022 was $27,397, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,588 for a family of four. However, Newville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Newville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Newville include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Newville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and West Germanic languages.
