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Moosic, PA

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Overview


Moosic is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,946 people and just one neighborhood, Moosic is the 235th largest community in Pennsylvania. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Moosic, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Moosic, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Moosic’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Moosic does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $65,882.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Moosic is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Moosic is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moosic who work in office and administrative support (16.22%), management occupations (11.77%), and teaching (8.51%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.91% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Moosic is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.32% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Moosic in 2018 was $44,456, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $177,824 for a family of four. However, Moosic contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Moosic is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Moosic home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moosic residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moosic include Irish, Italian, Polish, German, and Welsh.

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

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

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 27.7% have Polish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 26.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Moosic are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.9% 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, 41.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.2%), and 16.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Moosic, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (32.1%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (31.7%), and residents who report Polish roots (27.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (15.0%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (8.7%), 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 (49.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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