One downside of living in Tobyhanna is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tobyhanna, the average commute to work is 34.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Despite being a small town, Tobyhanna has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The population of Tobyhanna overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Tobyhanna, 22.29% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Tobyhanna in 2022 was $29,619, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,476 for a family of four. However, Tobyhanna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tobyhanna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tobyhanna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tobyhanna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tobyhanna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.38% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tobyhanna include Italian, German, Irish, Jamaican, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Tobyhanna's cultural character, accounting for 16.64% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Tobyhanna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
