Northampton is a medium-sized borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 10,587 people and three associated neighborhoods, Northampton is the 100th largest community in Pennsylvania. Northampton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Northampton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Northampton is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Northampton who work in office and administrative support (13.27%), teaching (8.60%), and management occupations (8.22%). Also of interest is that Northampton 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: 13.01% 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. The percentage of people in Northampton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.23% of adults in Northampton have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Northampton in 2022 was $43,232, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,928 for a family of four. However, Northampton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Northampton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Northampton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Northampton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Northampton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.69% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Northampton include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Slovak. The most common language spoken in Northampton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
