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York Springs, PA
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York Springs profile


Living in York Springs


York Springs is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 703 people and two associated neighborhoods, York Springs is the 918th largest community in Pennsylvania.

You will also find that a lot of people in York Springs work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.28% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Overall, York Springs’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The percentage of adults in York Springs with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.40% of adults in York Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in York Springs in 2022 was $25,228, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,912 for a family of four. However, York Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

York Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call York Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of York Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. York Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.84% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in York Springs include German, Irish, Italian, Pennsylvania German, and English.

York Springs also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.13%.

The most common language spoken in York Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.