Tobyhanna is a medium-sized town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 16,441 people and six associated neighborhoods, Tobyhanna is the 54th largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tobyhanna is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tobyhanna is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tobyhanna who work in sales jobs (11.07%), office and administrative support (10.59%), and management occupations (9.98%). Also of interest is that Tobyhanna has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In Tobyhanna, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Even though Tobyhanna is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The education level of Tobyhanna citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.29% of adults in Tobyhanna have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Tobyhanna in 2022 was $29,619, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,476 for a family of four. However, Tobyhanna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tobyhanna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tobyhanna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tobyhanna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tobyhanna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.38% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tobyhanna include Italian, German, Irish, Jamaican, and English. Tobyhanna also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.64%. The most common language spoken in Tobyhanna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
