The borough 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, Jim Thorpe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jim Thorpe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Jim Thorpe, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.28 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.
The citizens of Jim Thorpe are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.02% of adults in Jim Thorpe having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jim Thorpe in 2022 was $35,515, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,060 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, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jim Thorpe include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Jim Thorpe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
