It is a fairly quiet borough because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jim Thorpe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jim Thorpe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jim Thorpe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jim Thorpe may be for you.
In Jim Thorpe, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.28 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small borough, Jim Thorpe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Jim Thorpe overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Jim Thorpe, 22.02% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Jim Thorpe in 2022 was $35,515, 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 $142,060 for a family of four. However, Jim Thorpe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Jim Thorpe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jim Thorpe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jim Thorpe include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Jim Thorpe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
