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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tionesta is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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. A relatively large number of people in Tionesta telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.57% 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 borough 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!) Tionesta 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. Tionesta has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tionesta than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tionesta may be for you. Tionesta is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.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.
