New Columbia is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,024 people and two associated neighborhoods, New Columbia is the 825th largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, New Columbia is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Columbia is a town of service providers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Columbia who work in food service (20.63%), healthcare (14.46%), and management occupations (14.46%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, New Columbia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New Columbia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of New Columbia spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.04 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. As is often the case in a small town, New Columbia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of New Columbia are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.59% of adults in New Columbia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in New Columbia in 2022 was $39,713, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,852 for a family of four. The people who call New Columbia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Columbia residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in New Columbia include German, Norwegian, European, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in New Columbia is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
