Whitehall is a medium-sized township located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 29,656 people and six associated neighborhoods, Whitehall is the 25th largest community in Pennsylvania.Whitehall is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Whitehall is a township of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitehall who work in office and administrative support (10.53%), sales jobs (7.39%), and management occupations (7.38%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.20% 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. In terms of college education, Whitehall is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.21% of adults 25 and older in the township have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Whitehall in 2022 was $38,546, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,184 for a family of four. However, Whitehall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Whitehall is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Whitehall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitehall residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Whitehall also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.62% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whitehall include German, Irish, Syrian, Italian, and English. In addition, Whitehall has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.01%). The most common language spoken in Whitehall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
