Spring City is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,830 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spring City is the 433rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Spring City has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Also of interest is that Spring City 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 Spring City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.26% 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.
One downside of living in Spring City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.33 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
The citizens of Spring City are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.40% of adults in Spring City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Spring City in 2022 was $45,929, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,716 for a family of four. However, Spring City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Spring City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Spring City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Spring City include German, Italian, Irish, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Spring City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.