Tionesta is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 422 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tionesta is the 1009th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Tionesta was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs, Tionesta isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tionesta are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tionesta is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tionesta who work in office and administrative support (17.46%), healthcare suport services (8.73%), and food service (7.94%). Also of interest is that Tionesta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.57% 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. The borough is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tionesta has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tionesta a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small borough, Tionesta does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Tionesta are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.55% of adults in Tionesta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Tionesta in 2022 was $32,203, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,812 for a family of four. However, Tionesta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Tionesta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tionesta residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Tionesta include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Tionesta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
