Hawley is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,232 people and six associated neighborhoods, Hawley is the 788th largest community in Pennsylvania. Hawley has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Hawley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hawley is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hawley who work in food service (16.54%), office and administrative support (16.34%), and sales jobs (7.78%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.98% 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. In terms of college education, Hawley is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.32% of adults 25 and older in Hawley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hawley in 2022 was $26,945, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,780 for a family of four. However, Hawley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hawley is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Hawley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hawley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hawley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.62% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hawley include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Hawley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
