Latrobe is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,963 people and six associated neighborhoods, Latrobe is the 158th largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Latrobe is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Latrobe is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Latrobe who work in office and administrative support (9.68%), food service (8.94%), and sales jobs (7.01%). Also of interest is that Latrobe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In terms of college education, Latrobe is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.94% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Latrobe in 2022 was $35,379, 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 $141,516 for a family of four. However, Latrobe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Latrobe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Latrobe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Latrobe include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Latrobe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
