Kunkletown is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 9,979 people and three associated neighborhoods, Kunkletown is the 109th largest community in Pennsylvania.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.55% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Because of many things, Kunkletown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Kunkletown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kunkletown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Kunkletown 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. Kunkletown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kunkletown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kunkletown may be for you.
In Kunkletown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The education level of Kunkletown citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.85% of adults 25 and older in Kunkletown have a college degree.
The per capita income in Kunkletown in 2022 was $32,997, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,988 for a family of four. However, Kunkletown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kunkletown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kunkletown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kunkletown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kunkletown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kunkletown include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Kunkletown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.