About Salunga-Landisville

Salunga-Landisville is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,785 people and just one neighborhood, Salunga-Landisville is the 366th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some towns , Salunga-Landisville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Salunga-Landisville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Salunga-Landisville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salunga-Landisville who work in sales jobs (13.83%), management occupations (10.66%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.21%).

In addition, Salunga-Landisville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Salunga-Landisville is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Salunga-Landisville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Salunga-Landisville is a very car-oriented town. 97.44% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Salunga-Landisville 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. Salunga-Landisville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Salunga-Landisville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Salunga-Landisville Information and Demographics

The population of Salunga-Landisville 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: 37.04% of adults in Salunga-Landisville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Salunga-Landisville in 2000 was $24,258, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,032 for a family of four. However, Salunga-Landisville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Salunga-Landisville is English.