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Kelayres, PA

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Overview


Kelayres is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 497 people and just one neighborhood, Kelayres is the 984th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Kelayres was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Kelayres, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.71% of Kelayres’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kelayres is a town of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kelayres who work in management occupations (13.31%), food service (12.50%), and teaching (11.69%).

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

Kelayres 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 Kelayres are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.28% of adults in Kelayres have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Kelayres in 2018 was $28,306, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,224 for a family of four.

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

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

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

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 20.9% have Polish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.1% 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 99.6% 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 Kelayres are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.4% 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, 46.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.4%), and 7.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (18.1%).

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 Kelayres, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (22.6%), and residents who report Polish roots (20.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (14.7%), along with some Slovak ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 (35.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (10.4%) . 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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