Tionesta is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 415 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tionesta is the 1009th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Tionesta was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Tionesta is a blue-collar town, with 40.48% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Tionesta is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Tionesta who work in office and administrative support (11.90%), food service (7.14%), and sales jobs (6.35%). Also of interest is that Tionesta 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: 7.38% 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. The borough is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tionesta has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tionesta a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Tionesta is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, the citizens of Tionesta rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.43% of adults 25 and older in Tionesta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Tionesta in 2022 was $35,046, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,184 for a family of four. However, Tionesta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Tionesta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tionesta residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Tionesta include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Tionesta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
