Bloomsburg is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 12,730 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Bloomsburg is the 79th largest community in Pennsylvania.Bloomsburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bloomsburg is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomsburg who work in food service (14.79%), office and administrative support (13.01%), and management occupations (8.40%). Also of interest is that Bloomsburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Bloomsburg is also a town of artists. Bloomsburg has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bloomsburg’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.25% 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. Bloomsburg is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Bloomsburg to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town. One of the benefits of Bloomsburg is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.60 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The education level of Bloomsburg citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.69% of adults in Bloomsburg have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bloomsburg in 2022 was $21,313, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,252 for a family of four. However, Bloomsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bloomsburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.Bloomsburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bloomsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bloomsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bloomsburg include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Bloomsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
