Dallastown is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,211 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dallastown is the 371st largest community in Pennsylvania. Dallastown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dallastown is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dallastown is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dallastown who work in office and administrative support (12.18%), teaching (9.23%), and sales jobs (7.30%). Also of interest is that Dallastown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.34% 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. As is often the case in a small borough, Dallastown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Dallastown overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Dallastown, 24.85% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dallastown in 2022 was $27,196, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,784 for a family of four. However, Dallastown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dallastown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Dallastown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dallastown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dallastown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.00% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dallastown include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Dallastown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
