Hermitage is a medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 16,077 people and four associated neighborhoods, Hermitage is the 56th largest community in Pennsylvania.Hermitage is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hermitage is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hermitage who work in sales jobs (13.68%), office and administrative support (12.06%), and teaching (11.01%). A relatively large number of people in Hermitage telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.55% 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hermitage has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hermitage has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hermitage than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hermitage may be for you.The citizens of Hermitage are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.13% of adults in Hermitage have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Hermitage in 2022 was $43,003, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,012 for a family of four. However, Hermitage contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hermitage is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hermitage home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hermitage residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hermitage include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Hermitage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
