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Townville, PA

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Overview


Townville is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 322 people and just one neighborhood, Townville is the 1049th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Townville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Townville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.74% of Townville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Townville is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Townville who work in office and administrative support (11.54%), healthcare (11.54%), and sales jobs (7.05%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Townville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Townville, the average commute to work is 31.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Townville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.19% of the adults in Townville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Townville in 2018 was $24,364, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,456 for a family of four. However, Townville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Townville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Townville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Townville include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.

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

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

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.2% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

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 Townville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.2% 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, 39.9% 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 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.

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 Townville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (7.9%) . 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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