Clarks Summit is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,060 people and four associated neighborhoods, Clarks Summit is the 292nd largest community in Pennsylvania.Clarks Summit is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 85.71% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clarks Summit is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarks Summit who work in management occupations (16.20%), sales jobs (13.51%), and office and administrative support (12.73%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Clarks Summit has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.84% 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. In addition, Clarks Summit is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums. Because of many things, Clarks Summit is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Clarks Summit really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Clarks Summit perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.24 minutes getting to work every day. Clarks Summit 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.If knowledge is power, Clarks Summit is a pretty powerful place. 54.28% of the adults in Clarks Summit have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Clarks Summit in 2022 was $49,518, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $198,072 for a family of four. However, Clarks Summit contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Clarks Summit home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clarks Summit residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Clarks Summit include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Clarks Summit is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
