Dunmore is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 14,118 people and four associated neighborhoods, Dunmore is the 64th largest community in Pennsylvania. Dunmore has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Dunmore is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dunmore is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunmore who work in office and administrative support (12.46%), healthcare (11.28%), and sales jobs (11.18%). Also of interest is that Dunmore 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 Dunmore telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.74% 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. One of the benefits of Dunmore is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.89 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Dunmore are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.13% of adults in Dunmore have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Dunmore in 2022 was $36,107, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,428 for a family of four. However, Dunmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dunmore is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Dunmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunmore residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dunmore include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Dunmore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
