White Haven is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,173 people and two associated neighborhoods, White Haven is the 799th largest community in Pennsylvania. White Haven has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, White Haven is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, White Haven is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in White Haven who work in food service (13.02%), office and administrative support (12.80%), and sales jobs (9.71%). Also of interest is that White Haven has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. White Haven is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, White Haven is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.06% of adults 25 and older in White Haven have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in White Haven in 2022 was $25,591, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,364 for a family of four. However, White Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call White Haven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White Haven residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in White Haven include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in White Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
