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Germansville, PA

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Overview


Germansville is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,343 people and just one neighborhood, Germansville is the 459th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Germansville real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Germansville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Germansville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Germansville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Germansville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Germansville who work in sales jobs (14.00%), office and administrative support (11.75%), and management occupations (10.48%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Germansville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Germansville 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, Germansville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Germansville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Germansville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Germansville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Germansville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.80% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Germansville in 2018 was $43,353, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,412 for a family of four.

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

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

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

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 43.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.8% have Austrian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.5% 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 97.7% 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 Germansville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.6% 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, 31.6% 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 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (25.4%), and 13.1% 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 97.0% 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 Germansville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (43.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report Italian roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 (54.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.9%) 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 (5.5%) . 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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