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Schuylkill Haven, PA

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Overview


Schuylkill Haven is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,248 people and just one neighborhood, Schuylkill Haven is the 284th largest community in Pennsylvania. Schuylkill Haven 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

Unlike some boroughs, Schuylkill Haven isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Schuylkill Haven are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Schuylkill Haven is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Schuylkill Haven who work in office and administrative support (16.46%), food service (8.42%), and computer science and math (5.50%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The citizens of Schuylkill Haven are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.31% of adults in Schuylkill Haven having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Schuylkill Haven in 2018 was $29,608, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,432 for a family of four. However, Schuylkill Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 0.9% have Armenian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.7% 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 Schuylkill Haven are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. 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.

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, 33.4% 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 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 19.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.6%).

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 Schuylkill Haven, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.3%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (14.2%) . 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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