Girard is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,944 people and two associated neighborhoods, Girard is the 497th largest community in Pennsylvania. Girard has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Girard is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Girard is a borough of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Girard who work in food service (12.82%), office and administrative support (11.52%), and management occupations (8.15%). Also of interest is that Girard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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 18.82 minutes getting to work every day. Girard is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Girard is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.57% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Girard in 2022 was $39,521, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,084 for a family of four. However, Girard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Girard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Girard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Girard residents report their race to be White. Girard also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.10% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Girard include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Girard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
