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East Pittsburgh, PA

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Overview


East Pittsburgh is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,877 people and just one neighborhood, East Pittsburgh is the 659th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in East Pittsburgh was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

East Pittsburgh is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Pittsburgh is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Pittsburgh who work in healthcare suport services (21.82%), food service (13.54%), and community and social services (13.26%).

Of important note, East Pittsburgh is also a borough of artists. East Pittsburgh has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape East Pittsburgh’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 19.45% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

Despite the fact that it is a small borough, East Pittsburgh has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the borough for affordable transportation.

Demographics

The citizens of East Pittsburgh are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.29% of adults in East Pittsburgh having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in East Pittsburgh in 2018 was $21,343, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,372 for a family of four. East Pittsburgh also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.61% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

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

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

People

Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the neighborhood about it; they already know. 23.9% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.5% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

Modes of Transportation

Our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (14.5% ride the bus) than 97.1% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 27.7% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 16.3% have African ancestry.

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 East Pittsburgh are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 49.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.6% of U.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, 34.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.4%), and 16.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.1%).

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 East Pittsburgh, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (16.3%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Croatian ancestry (5.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.0%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (53.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (14.5%) and 8.6% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. 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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