It is a fairly quiet borough 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!) Tionesta 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. Tionesta has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tionesta than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tionesta may be for you.
One of the benefits of Tionesta is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.50 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small borough, Tionesta doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Tionesta rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.36% of adults 25 and older in Tionesta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Tionesta in 2022 was $35,479, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,916 for a family of four. However, Tionesta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Tionesta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tionesta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tionesta include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Tionesta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
