Overall, Cochranville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Cochranville 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. Cochranville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cochranville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cochranville may be for you.
One downside of living in Cochranville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.11 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Cochranville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.81% of adults in Cochranville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cochranville in 2022 was $52,849, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $211,396 for a family of four.
Cochranville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cochranville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cochranville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cochranville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.64% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cochranville include German, Irish, Polish, English, and French.
In addition, Cochranville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.19%).
The most common language spoken in Cochranville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
