About Avondale

Avondale is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,111 people and just one neighborhood, Avondale is the 839th largest community in Pennsylvania. Avondale has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Avondale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.2% of the Avondale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Avondale is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Avondale who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.70%), sales jobs (9.39%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (8.02%).

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

Avondale Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Avondale is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.74% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Avondale in 2000 was $16,794, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $67,176 for a family of four.

Avondale is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Avondale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Avondale is White, followed by African-American. Avondale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.70% of the borough's residents. Important ancestries of people in Avondale include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Scotch-Irish.

Avondale also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.82%.

The most common language spoken in Avondale is English. Some people also speak Spanish.