Wind Gap is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,625 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wind Gap is the 521st largest community in Pennsylvania.
Of important note, Wind Gap is also a borough of artists. Wind Gap has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Wind Gap’s character.
Also of interest is that Wind Gap has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Wind Gap telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Being a small borough, Wind Gap does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Wind Gap who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.36% of adults in Wind Gap have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wind Gap in 2022 was $37,619, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,476 for a family of four. However, Wind Gap contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wind Gap is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Wind Gap home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wind Gap residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wind Gap include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Bulgarian.
The most common language spoken in Wind Gap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.