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Bryn Athyn, PA

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Overview


Bryn Athyn is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,304 people and just one neighborhood, Bryn Athyn is the 777th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Bryn Athyn home prices are not only among the most expensive in Pennsylvania, but Bryn Athyn real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Bryn Athyn is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 89.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bryn Athyn is a borough of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bryn Athyn who work in management occupations (14.86%), teaching (12.32%), and office and administrative support (9.78%).

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

Of important note, Bryn Athyn is also a borough of artists. Bryn Athyn has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bryn Athyn’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Bryn Athyn telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Bryn Athyn is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Bryn Athyn 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, Bryn Athyn has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Bryn Athyn’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Bryn Athyn, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Bryn Athyn is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Bryn Athyn. 65.84% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Bryn Athyn in 2018 was $59,067, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $236,268 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Bryn Athyn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.

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 Bryn Athyn, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

In addition, if you are planning to retire in Pennsylvania, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Pennsylvania, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.1% of neighborhoods in PA. If a Pennsylvania retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives, college students and urban sophisticates.

Also, neighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 18.1% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.

Finally, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.7%) living in the neighborhood.

Modes of Transportation

In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 10.6% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 95.1% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 29.1% have English ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.3% 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 Bryn Athyn are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 88.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 52.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (10.7%), and 8.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Bryn Athyn, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (29.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (6.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (61.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (10.6%) and 9.5% of residents also take the train for their daily commute. 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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