Dillsburg is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,629 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dillsburg is the 552nd largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dillsburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dillsburg is a borough of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dillsburg who work in management occupations (15.02%), office and administrative support (12.14%), and sales jobs (8.92%). Also of interest is that Dillsburg 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 Dillsburg telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.65% 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. Being a small borough, Dillsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Dillsburg is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.70% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dillsburg in 2022 was $35,704, 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 $142,816 for a family of four. However, Dillsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Dillsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dillsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dillsburg include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Dillsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
