Wind Gap is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,601 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wind Gap is the 521st largest community in Pennsylvania. Wind Gap has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Wind Gap is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wind Gap is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wind Gap who work in healthcare suport services (10.71%), sales jobs (10.59%), and office and administrative support (9.95%). Also of interest is that Wind Gap has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Wind Gap telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 21.61% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. As is often the case in a small borough, Wind Gap doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Wind Gap citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.46% of adults in Wind Gap have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Wind Gap in 2022 was $37,449, 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 $149,796 for a family of four. However, Wind Gap contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Wind Gap home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wind Gap residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wind Gap include German, Italian, Bulgarian, English, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Wind Gap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
