Pocono Pines is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,007 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pocono Pines is the 645th largest community in Pennsylvania.Pocono Pines is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pocono Pines is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pocono Pines who work in teaching (20.33%), business and financial occupations (18.94%), and management occupations (17.27%). Also of interest is that Pocono Pines has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 37.22% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Another notable thing is that Pocono Pines is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pocono Pines has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pocono Pines a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Pocono Pines does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Pocono Pines citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.91% of adults in Pocono Pines have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Pocono Pines in 2022 was $57,045, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $228,180 for a family of four. Pocono Pines is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pocono Pines home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pocono Pines residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pocono Pines include Irish, German, Swedish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Pocono Pines is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Italian.
