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Dushore, PA

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Overview


Dushore is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 454 people and just one neighborhood, Dushore is the 1002nd largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Dushore was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs, Dushore isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dushore are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dushore is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dushore who work in healthcare suport services (16.19%), office and administrative support (14.45%), and personal care services (9.83%).

Also of interest is that Dushore 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: 7.51% 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

It is a fairly quiet borough because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Dushore has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Dushore has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dushore than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dushore may be for you.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Dushore is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.28% of adults 25 and older in Dushore have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dushore in 2018 was $32,647, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,588 for a family of four. However, Dushore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Dushore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dushore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dushore include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Dutch.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 33.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 33 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 4.6% have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.2% 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 Dushore are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.3% 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, 36.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 98.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Dushore, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.9%), and residents who report Italian roots (18.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.4%) 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 (7.8%) . 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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