Leesport is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 648 people and two associated neighborhoods, Leesport is the 655th largest community in Pennsylvania.Leesport is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Leesport is a borough of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leesport who work in office and administrative support (15.18%), sales jobs (10.89%), and management occupations (6.95%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.81% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Leesport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Leesport citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.16% of adults in Leesport have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Leesport in 2022 was $37,474, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,896 for a family of four. Leesport is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Leesport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leesport residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Leesport include German, Italian, English, Polish, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Leesport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
