About Eighty Four

Eighty Four is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,010 people and just one neighborhood, Eighty Four is the 353rd largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Eighty Four is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eighty Four is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eighty Four who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.61%), sales jobs (10.55%), and management occupations (8.44%).

Because of many things, Eighty Four 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, Eighty Four really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Eighty Four 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.

Eighty Four is a very car-oriented town. 96.78% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Eighty Four 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. Eighty Four has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Eighty Four 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.

Eighty Four Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Eighty Four who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.43% of adults in Eighty Four have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Eighty Four in 2000 was $24,787, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,148 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Eighty Four is English.