Chambersburg is a medium-sized borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 23,041 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Chambersburg is the 38th largest community in Pennsylvania.Chambersburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Chambersburg is a borough of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chambersburg who work in office and administrative support (9.61%), teaching (9.57%), and healthcare (8.75%). Also of interest is that Chambersburg 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 Chambersburg telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.76% 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. One of the benefits of Chambersburg is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.80 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.The overall education level of Chambersburg is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.32% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Chambersburg in 2022 was $33,172, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,688 for a family of four. However, Chambersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chambersburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Chambersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chambersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Chambersburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.60% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chambersburg include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Chambersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
