In Tobyhanna, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
In Tobyhanna, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Tobyhanna is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The population of Tobyhanna 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 Tobyhanna, 22.29% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Tobyhanna in 2022 was $29,619, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,476 for a family of four. However, Tobyhanna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tobyhanna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tobyhanna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tobyhanna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tobyhanna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.38% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tobyhanna include Italian, German, Irish, Jamaican, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Tobyhanna's cultural character, accounting for 16.64% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Tobyhanna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
