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Gilberton, PA

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Overview


Gilberton is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 579 people and just one neighborhood, Gilberton is the 953rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Gilberton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Gilberton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gilberton is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gilberton who work in office and administrative support (18.00%), teaching (13.33%), and computer science and math (9.33%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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

It is a fairly quiet borough 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!) Gilberton 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. Gilberton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gilberton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gilberton may be for you.

As is often the case in a small borough, Gilberton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Gilberton with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.52% of adults in Gilberton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gilberton in 2018 was $32,083, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,332 for a family of four. However, Gilberton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gilberton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Gilberton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gilberton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gilberton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.51% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gilberton include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and Lithuanian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 44.5% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 24.6% have Polish 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 Gilberton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.2% 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 78.2% 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, 38.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.4%), and 15.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Gilberton, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (24.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.2%), and residents who report German roots (16.8%), and some of the residents are also of Lithuanian ancestry (15.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (11.9%), 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 (39.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.2%) 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 (11.3%) . 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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