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Bernville, PA

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Overview


Bernville is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 902 people and just one neighborhood, Bernville is the 850th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Bernville real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Bernville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bernville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bernville is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bernville who work in office and administrative support (13.42%), food service (12.53%), and healthcare (11.19%).

Also of interest is that Bernville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Bernville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Bernville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Bernville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Bernville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Bernville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.77 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small borough, Bernville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Bernville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 29.00% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bernville in 2018 was $36,286, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,144 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Bernville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Bernville is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in PA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.3% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania. If you are considering retiring to Pennsylvania, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lebanese and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry and 35.7% have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bernville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.7% 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 76.4% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 34.1% 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 22.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 20.9% 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 91.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Bernville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.7%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (6.3%), 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 (44.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.2%) 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 (10.9%) . 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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