Douglassville is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 518 people and four associated neighborhoods, Douglassville is the 975th largest community in Pennsylvania. Douglassville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Douglassville, where the median household income is . Douglassville real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Douglassville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Douglassville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.38% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Douglassville is a town of professionals, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Douglassville who work in management occupations (36.15%), computer science and math (23.08%), and art, media, and design (14.62%). Also of interest is that Douglassville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Douglassville is also a town of artists. Douglassville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Douglassville’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 35.38% 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. Douglassville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Douglassville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.80% of adults in Douglassville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Douglassville in 2022 was $54,078, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $216,312 for a family of four. However, Douglassville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Douglassville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Douglassville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Douglassville include German, Italian, Pennsylvania German, English, and Ukrainian. The most common language spoken in Douglassville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
