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Landisburg, PA

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Overview


Landisburg is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 222 people and just one neighborhood, Landisburg is the 1080th largest community in Pennsylvania. Landisburg has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Landisburg is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.75% of the Landisburg workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Landisburg is a borough of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Landisburg who work in food service (15.63%), office and administrative support (14.06%), and sales jobs (4.69%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Landisburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Landisburg, the average commute to work is 35.21 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. However, it is a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of Landisburg’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

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

Demographics

In Landisburg, just 11.02% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Landisburg in 2018 was $22,460, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,840 for a family of four. However, Landisburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Landisburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Landisburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Landisburg include German, Irish, Italian, Swiss, and European.

The most common language spoken in Landisburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish 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 Landisburg, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Pennsylvania. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 15.2% 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 99.7% 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 Landisburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.2% 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 58.0% 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, 38.7% 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 24.4% 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 16.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.3% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (15.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Landisburg, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.0%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (3.6%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (33.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (72.7%) 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 (15.4%) . 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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