Trafford is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,243 people and two associated neighborhoods, Trafford is the 460th largest community in Pennsylvania.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Trafford is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.94% of the Trafford workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Trafford is a borough of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Trafford who work in sales jobs (29.03%), teaching (29.03%), and office and administrative support (0.00%). It is a fairly quiet borough because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Trafford has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Trafford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Trafford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Trafford may be for you. One downside of living in Trafford is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Trafford, the average commute to work is 62.66 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Trafford is a very car-oriented borough. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Trafford is a small borough , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Trafford has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well. As is often the case in a small borough, Trafford doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Trafford is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.03% of adults in Trafford have a college degree. The per capita income in Trafford in 2022 was $57,426, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $229,704 for a family of four. The people who call Trafford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Trafford residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Trafford include Slovak, Italian, Irish, German, and Lebanese. The most common language spoken in Trafford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and German/Yiddish.
