It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Petersburg 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. Petersburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Petersburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Petersburg may be for you.
In Petersburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.30 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Petersburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Petersburg citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.96% of adults in Petersburg have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Petersburg in 2022 was $36,268, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,072 for a family of four. However, Petersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Petersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Petersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Petersburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Petersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
