Fleetwood is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,039 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fleetwood is the 384th largest community in Pennsylvania.Fleetwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fleetwood is a borough of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fleetwood who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), food service (9.14%), and sales jobs (8.67%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.91% 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. Being a small borough, Fleetwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Fleetwood who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.20% of the adults in Fleetwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Fleetwood in 2022 was $42,163, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,652 for a family of four. Fleetwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Fleetwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fleetwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fleetwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.41% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fleetwood include German, Italian, Polish, Pennsylvania German, and English. The most common language spoken in Fleetwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
