About Avonia

Avonia is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,220 people and just one neighborhood, Avonia is the 821st largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Avonia is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Avonia is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Avonia who work in management occupations (19.07%), teaching (14.11%), and sales jobs (9.61%).

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

In addition, Avonia is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Avonia is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Avonia really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Avonia perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Avonia is a very car-oriented town. 98.65% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Avonia is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Avonia has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Avonia is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Avonia Information and Demographics

The population of Avonia is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 44.47% of adults in Avonia have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Avonia in 2000 was $25,709, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,836 for a family of four.

The people who call Avonia home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Avonia is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Avonia include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, Scotch-Irish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Avonia is English. Some people also speak Japanese.