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 30.28 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small borough, Jim Thorpe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Jim Thorpe are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.02% of adults in Jim Thorpe having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jim Thorpe in 2022 was $35,515, 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 $142,060 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, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jim Thorpe include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Jim Thorpe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
