York Springs is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 703 people and two associated neighborhoods, York Springs is the 918th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in York Springs was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, York Springs is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.50% of the York Springs workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, York Springs is a borough of service providers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in York Springs who work in farm management occupations (16.52%), office and administrative support (7.51%), and healthcare suport services (6.87%). Another important characteristic of York Springs is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town. The overall crime rate in York Springs is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.The citizens of York Springs are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.79% of adults in York Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in York Springs in 2022 was $27,652, 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 $110,608 for a family of four. However, York Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. York Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call York Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of York Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. York Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.34% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in York Springs include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Pennsylvania German. York Springs also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.77%. The most common language spoken in York Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
