Weatherly is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,551 people and just one neighborhood, Weatherly is the 564th largest community in Pennsylvania. Weatherly has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.
Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Weatherly is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Weatherly is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Weatherly who work in office and administrative support (17.51%), sales jobs (9.36%), and healthcare (7.68%).
Also of interest is that Weatherly has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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!) Weatherly 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. Weatherly has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Weatherly than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Weatherly may be for you.
Weatherly 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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Weatherly rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.82% of adults 25 and older in Weatherly 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 Weatherly in 2022 was $27,987, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,948 for a family of four. However, Weatherly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Weatherly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weatherly residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Weatherly include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Weatherly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
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 Weatherly, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 13.9% have Polish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 19.8% 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 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Weatherly are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 26.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.9% 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, 32.2% 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 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.5%), and 19.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (19.8%).
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 Weatherly, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.9%), and residents who report Polish roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (11.3%), along with some Slovak ancestry residents (6.0%), among others.
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 (49.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.8%) 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 (5.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.