In Cheltenham, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.77 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.
Despite being a small town, Cheltenham has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Cheltenham ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Cheltenham, 42.21% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Cheltenham in 2022 was $47,719, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $190,876 for a family of four.
Cheltenham is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cheltenham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cheltenham residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cheltenham include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and Haitian.
Cheltenham also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.21%.
The most common language spoken in Cheltenham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Spanish.
