Northampton is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 10,323 people and three associated neighborhoods, Northampton is the 100th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Northampton was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Northampton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Northampton is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Northampton who work in office and administrative support (13.18%), sales jobs (9.19%), and management occupations (9.19%). Also of interest is that Northampton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.49% 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, Northampton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.12% of adults 25 and older in Northampton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Northampton in 2022 was $38,274, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,096 for a family of four. However, Northampton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Northampton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Northampton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Northampton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Northampton include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Slovak. The most common language spoken in Northampton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
