Residents will find that the borough is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Jim Thorpe is worth considering.
One downside of living in Jim Thorpe is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Jim Thorpe, the average commute to work is 30.28 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Jim Thorpe 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 citizens of Jim Thorpe are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.02% of adults in Jim Thorpe having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jim Thorpe in 2018 was $35,515, 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 $142,060 for a family of four. However, Jim Thorpe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Jim Thorpe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jim Thorpe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jim Thorpe include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Jim Thorpe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
