Mountain Top is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 11,489 people and four associated neighborhoods, Mountain Top is the 91st largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mountain Top is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mountain Top is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mountain Top who work in office and administrative support (13.96%), healthcare (12.10%), and management occupations (11.90%). Also of interest is that Mountain Top has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.27% 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. Because of many things, Mountain Top is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Mountain Top really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Mountain Top perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Mountain Top is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Mountain Top ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Mountain Top, 46.40% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Mountain Top in 2022 was $42,848, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,392 for a family of four. However, Mountain Top contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Mountain Top home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mountain Top residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mountain Top include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Mountain Top is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.
