Pen Argyl is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,462 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pen Argyl is the 429th largest community in Pennsylvania. Pen Argyl has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Pen Argyl is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pen Argyl is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pen Argyl who work in office and administrative support (11.52%), food service (10.10%), and healthcare (9.72%). Also of interest is that Pen Argyl has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Pen Argyl is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Pen Argyl overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Pen Argyl, 21.33% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pen Argyl in 2022 was $33,658, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,632 for a family of four. However, Pen Argyl contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pen Argyl is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Pen Argyl home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pen Argyl residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pen Argyl include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Pennsylvania German. The most common language spoken in Pen Argyl is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
