Shoemakersville is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,356 people and just one neighborhood, Shoemakersville is the 750th largest community in Pennsylvania. Shoemakersville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Shoemakersville real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Shoemakersville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some boroughs, Shoemakersville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Shoemakersville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Shoemakersville is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shoemakersville who work in sales jobs (12.53%), office and administrative support (10.05%), and maintenance occupations (7.92%).
Being a small borough, Shoemakersville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Shoemakersville rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.52% of adults 25 and older in Shoemakersville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Shoemakersville in 2022 was $35,308, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,232 for a family of four. However, Shoemakersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Shoemakersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shoemakersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shoemakersville include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Shoemakersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 51.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Shoemakersville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.3% of U.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, 34.7% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.8%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.6%).
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 Shoemakersville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (51.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.6%), among others.
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 (36.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.3%) 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 (9.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.