New Columbia is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,024 people and two associated neighborhoods, New Columbia is the 825th largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, New Columbia is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Columbia is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Columbia who work in food service (24.01%), management occupations (15.24%), and healthcare (14.20%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.45% 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. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) New Columbia 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. New Columbia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in New Columbia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, New Columbia may be for you. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.02 minutes getting to work every day. As is often the case in a small town, New Columbia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in New Columbia with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.87% of adults in New Columbia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in New Columbia in 2022 was $42,605, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,420 for a family of four. The people who call New Columbia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Columbia residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in New Columbia include German, British, Scottish, Polish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in New Columbia is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
