Dingmans Ferry is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,858 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dingmans Ferry is the 175th largest community in Pennsylvania.Dingmans Ferry is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dingmans Ferry is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Dingmans Ferry who work in office and administrative support (15.32%), sales jobs (13.79%), and healthcare (6.81%). Also of interest is that Dingmans Ferry has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.30% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Because of many things, Dingmans Ferry is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Dingmans Ferry really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Dingmans Ferry perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Dingmans Ferry is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dingmans Ferry, the average commute to work is 46.72 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Dingmans Ferry is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Dingmans Ferry is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.87% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dingmans Ferry in 2022 was $41,508, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,032 for a family of four. However, Dingmans Ferry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dingmans Ferry is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dingmans Ferry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dingmans Ferry residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dingmans Ferry also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.81% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dingmans Ferry include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Dingmans Ferry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
