Wind Gap is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,205 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wind Gap is the 521st largest community in Pennsylvania.Wind Gap is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wind Gap is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wind Gap who work in healthcare suport services (10.49%), office and administrative support (10.24%), and teaching (9.87%). Also of interest is that Wind Gap has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.18% 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. Wind Gap 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.The education level of Wind Gap citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.02% of adults in Wind Gap have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Wind Gap in 2022 was $34,543, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,172 for a family of four. However, Wind Gap contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Wind Gap home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wind Gap residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wind Gap include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Wind Gap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
