Another notable thing is that Albrightsville is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Albrightsville’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Albrightsville 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. Albrightsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Albrightsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Albrightsville may be for you.
Albrightsville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Albrightsville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
As is often the case in a small town, Albrightsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Albrightsville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.23% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Albrightsville in 2022 was $25,789, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,156 for a family of four. However, Albrightsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Albrightsville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.50% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Albrightsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albrightsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albrightsville include German, Italian, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Albrightsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
