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Avis - Woolrich, PA

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Overview


Avis - Woolrich is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,886 people and just one neighborhood, Avis - Woolrich is the 313th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Avis - Woolrich is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.63% of the Avis - Woolrich workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Avis - Woolrich is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Avis - Woolrich who work in office and administrative support (10.10%), management occupations (9.93%), and sales jobs (8.25%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Avis - Woolrich’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Being a small town, Avis - Woolrich does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Avis - Woolrich citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.58% of adults in Avis - Woolrich have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Avis - Woolrich in 2018 was $36,531, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,124 for a family of four. However, Avis - Woolrich contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Avis - Woolrich home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Avis - Woolrich residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Avis - Woolrich include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Avis - Woolrich is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Avis - Woolrich, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

The neighborhood stands out within Pennsylvania for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 8.8% of college-friendly places to live in PA.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.3% have British ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Avis - Woolrich are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 52.1% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 34.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 34.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Avis - Woolrich, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report English roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.3%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (5.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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