Ellwood City is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 7,496 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ellwood City is the 168th largest community in Pennsylvania.When you are in Ellwood City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.73% of Ellwood City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ellwood City is a borough of construction workers and builders, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ellwood City who work in food service (15.78%), office and administrative support (8.09%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.31%). Ellwood City 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, the citizens of Ellwood City rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.40% of adults 25 and older in Ellwood City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Ellwood City in 2022 was $43,815, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,260 for a family of four. However, Ellwood City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ellwood City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ellwood City residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ellwood City include German, Italian, Irish, English, and French. The most common language spoken in Ellwood City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Russian.
