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Muse, PA

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Overview


Muse is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,525 people and just one neighborhood, Muse is the 568th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Muse home prices are not only among the most expensive in Pennsylvania, but Muse real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Muse is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.07% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Muse is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Muse who work in sales jobs (18.72%), office and administrative support (15.67%), and management occupations (8.41%).

Also of interest is that Muse 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: 16.01% 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

Because of many things, Muse is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Muse a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Muse has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Muse’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Muse are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.31% of adults in Muse have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Muse in 2018 was $38,148, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,592 for a family of four. However, Muse contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Muse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Muse residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Muse include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, if you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 15.0% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of Pennsylvania.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 25.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 0.7% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.5% 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 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Muse are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 84.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 47.6% 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 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.2%), and 11.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (12.5%).

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 Muse, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (25.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (20.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (15.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (10.3%), 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 (38.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (72.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.4%) . 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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