In Tobyhanna, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.58 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite being a small town, Tobyhanna has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Tobyhanna are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.84% of adults in Tobyhanna having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tobyhanna in 2022 was $30,746, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,984 for a family of four. However, Tobyhanna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tobyhanna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tobyhanna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tobyhanna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tobyhanna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.68% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tobyhanna include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Tobyhanna's cultural character, accounting for 16.34% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Tobyhanna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
