Jim Thorpe is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,543 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jim Thorpe is the 339th largest community in Pennsylvania. Jim Thorpe has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Jim Thorpe is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Jim Thorpe is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jim Thorpe who work in office and administrative support (17.21%), teaching (10.03%), and healthcare (9.50%). A relatively large number of people in Jim Thorpe telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 21.63% 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. It is a fairly quiet borough because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jim Thorpe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jim Thorpe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jim Thorpe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jim Thorpe may be for you. As is often the case in a small borough, Jim Thorpe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The overall education level of Jim Thorpe is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.07% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Jim Thorpe in 2022 was $36,205, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,820 for a family of four. However, Jim Thorpe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Jim Thorpe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jim Thorpe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Jim Thorpe include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Jim Thorpe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
