Fleetwood is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,039 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fleetwood is the 384th largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some boroughs, Fleetwood isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fleetwood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fleetwood is a borough of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fleetwood who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), food service (9.14%), and sales jobs (8.67%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.91% 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. Being a small borough, Fleetwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Fleetwood is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.20% of adults 25 and older in Fleetwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Fleetwood in 2022 was $42,163, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,652 for a family of four. Fleetwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Fleetwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fleetwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fleetwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.41% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fleetwood include German, Italian, Polish, Pennsylvania German, and English. The most common language spoken in Fleetwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
