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Kempton, PA

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Overview


Kempton is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 159 people and just one neighborhood, Kempton is the 1103rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Kempton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Kempton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kempton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kempton who work in sales jobs (22.62%), teaching (19.05%), and computer science and math (9.52%).

Also of interest is that Kempton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.52% 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

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

Being a small town, Kempton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Kempton, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Kempton is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.22% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Kempton in 2018 was $38,570, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,280 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Kempton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and West Germanic languages.

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

People

If you are planning to retire in Pennsylvania, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Pennsylvania, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 96.1% of neighborhoods in PA. If a Pennsylvania retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.3% have Lithuanian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.3% 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 Kempton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.6% 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 59.9% 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, 39.7% 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 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 (19.8%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Kempton, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 (30.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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