Selinsgrove is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,562 people and three associated neighborhoods, Selinsgrove is the 259th largest community in Pennsylvania.Selinsgrove is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Selinsgrove is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Selinsgrove who work in teaching (13.21%), office and administrative support (11.41%), and sales jobs (11.07%). Of important note, Selinsgrove is also a borough of artists. Selinsgrove has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Selinsgrove’s character. Also of interest is that Selinsgrove 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: 10.38% 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. Selinsgrove is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Selinsgrove to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy. Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.48 minutes getting to work every day.The citizens of Selinsgrove are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.07% of adults in Selinsgrove have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Selinsgrove in 2022 was $24,493, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,972 for a family of four. However, Selinsgrove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Selinsgrove is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Selinsgrove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Selinsgrove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Selinsgrove include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Selinsgrove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
