White Haven is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,178 people and two associated neighborhoods, White Haven is the 799th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in White Haven was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.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 service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in White Haven who work in food service (15.06%), office and administrative support (12.10%), and sales jobs (9.63%). 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: 13.72% 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. White Haven 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.The education level of White Haven citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.88% of adults in White Haven have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in White Haven in 2022 was $27,559, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,236 for a family of four. However, White Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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. 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.
