Felton is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 504 people and two associated neighborhoods, Felton is the 980th largest community in Pennsylvania. Felton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Felton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Felton is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Felton who work in management occupations (12.13%), office and administrative support (11.40%), and sales jobs (10.29%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.12% 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. One downside of living in Felton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.48 minutes every day commuting to work. Felton 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 percentage of people in Felton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.83% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Felton in 2022 was $30,335, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,340 for a family of four. However, Felton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Felton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Felton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Felton include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Felton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
