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Nesquehoning is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,344 people and just one neighborhood, Nesquehoning is the 457th largest community in Pennsylvania. Nesquehoning has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.
Occupations and Workforce
Unlike some boroughs, Nesquehoning isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Nesquehoning are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nesquehoning is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Nesquehoning who work in office and administrative support (14.63%), food service (11.14%), and management occupations (8.62%).
Setting & Lifestyle
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!) Nesquehoning 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. Nesquehoning has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nesquehoning than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nesquehoning may be for you.
One downside of living in Nesquehoning is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Nesquehoning, the average commute to work is 30.70 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Nesquehoning is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Demographics
The citizens of Nesquehoning are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.16% of adults in Nesquehoning have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Nesquehoning in 2022 was $23,872, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,488 for a family of four. However, Nesquehoning contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Nesquehoning is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Nesquehoning home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nesquehoning residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Nesquehoning also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.79% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Nesquehoning include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Nesquehoning is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Nesquehoning, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
People
Of particular note, 6.2% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
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, 34.2% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
In addition, do you watch 'This Old House' on Public Television? Do you love the idea of fixing up a Colonial or Victorian era home, complete with the charm of yesteryear? Do you like to stroll or drive streets lined with gracious older residences? If you found yourself nodding yes to any of these questions, you are going to be interested in this unique neighborhood. The neighborhood stands out on a national scale for the sheer concentration of historic residences it contains: 54.3% of the residential real estate here was built from 1939 or earlier, some much earlier. This is a greater concentration of historic homes than 95.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 2.5% have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.6% 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 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Nesquehoning are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.9% of U.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, 27.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.6%), and 20.2% 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 97.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Nesquehoning, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.0%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (20.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (10.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.4%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (11.7%) and 5.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
