White Haven is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,197 people and two associated neighborhoods, White Haven is the 799th largest community in Pennsylvania. White Haven has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.White Haven is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, White Haven is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in White Haven who work in office and administrative support (13.78%), food service (10.89%), and sales jobs (8.44%). Also of interest is that White Haven 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: 11.69% 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. Being a small borough, White Haven does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of White Haven citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.60% of adults in White Haven have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in White Haven in 2022 was $31,204, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,816 for a family of four. However, White Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. White Haven is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call White Haven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White Haven residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. White Haven also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.54% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in White Haven include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in White Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
