Glen Rock is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,119 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glen Rock is the 628th largest community in Pennsylvania. Glen Rock has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country. Glen Rock real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Glen Rock house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Glen Rock is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glen Rock is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Rock who work in management occupations (13.58%), office and administrative support (9.76%), and sales jobs (8.43%). Also of interest is that Glen Rock 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 Glen Rock telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.78% 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. In Glen Rock, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.90 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small borough, Glen Rock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Glen Rock citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.06% of adults in Glen Rock have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Glen Rock in 2022 was $31,470, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,880 for a family of four. However, Glen Rock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Glen Rock is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Glen Rock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Rock residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Glen Rock also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.03% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glen Rock include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Glen Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
