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.
One downside of living in Jim Thorpe is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Jim Thorpe, the average commute to work is 30.86 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Jim Thorpe is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Jim Thorpe who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.20% of adults in Jim Thorpe have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Jim Thorpe in 2022 was $36,937, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $147,748 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. Important ancestries of people in Jim Thorpe include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Jim Thorpe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
