One downside of living in Stroudsburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stroudsburg, the average commute to work is 37.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
In Stroudsburg, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Stroudsburg is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Stroudsburg is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.05% of adults in Stroudsburg have a college degree.
The per capita income in Stroudsburg in 2022 was $34,924, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,696 for a family of four. However, Stroudsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Stroudsburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Stroudsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stroudsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stroudsburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.09% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stroudsburg include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Stroudsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
