Spring City is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,925 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spring City is the 433rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Spring City was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Spring City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Spring City is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spring City who work in office and administrative support (17.73%), business and financial occupations (16.54%), and teaching (8.13%). Also of interest is that Spring City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 24.21% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Spring City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. However, the borough is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. Being a small borough, Spring City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Spring City ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Spring City, 44.65% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Spring City in 2022 was $50,343, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $201,372 for a family of four. However, Spring City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Spring City is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Spring City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Spring City include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Slovak. The most common language spoken in Spring City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
