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Hustontown, PA

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Overview


Hustontown is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,057 people and just one neighborhood, Hustontown is the 297th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hustontown is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.80% of the Hustontown workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hustontown is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hustontown who work in office and administrative support (8.81%), management occupations (8.08%), and healthcare (7.95%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Hustontown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hustontown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Hustontown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.64 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Hustontown is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The citizens of Hustontown are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.44% of adults in Hustontown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Hustontown in 2018 was $33,052, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,208 for a family of four. However, Hustontown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Hustontown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.1% 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, 39.2% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (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 Hustontown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report English roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 (33.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.7%) 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 (11.2%) . 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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