New Cumberland is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,578 people and four associated neighborhoods, New Cumberland is the 172nd largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, New Cumberland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Cumberland is a borough of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Cumberland who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), management occupations (10.90%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.75%). Also of interest is that New Cumberland 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 New Cumberland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.45% 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. In terms of college education, New Cumberland is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.67% of adults in New Cumberland have a college degree. The per capita income in New Cumberland in 2022 was $43,161, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,644 for a family of four. However, New Cumberland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. New Cumberland is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call New Cumberland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Cumberland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Cumberland include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in New Cumberland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
