Meadville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 12,361 people and five associated neighborhoods, Meadville is the 76th largest community in Pennsylvania.Meadville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Meadville is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Meadville who work in management occupations (9.79%), food service (9.24%), and healthcare suport services (9.19%). A relatively large number of people in Meadville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.94% 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.In addition, Meadville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Meadville attending college, and as a result Meadville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Meadville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.05 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 population of Meadville 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 Meadville, 24.58% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Meadville in 2022 was $26,630, 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 $106,520 for a family of four. However, Meadville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Meadville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Meadville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meadville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Meadville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Meadville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Pacific Island languages and Spanish.
