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Mahanoy City, PA

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Overview


Mahanoy City is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,509 people and just one neighborhood, Mahanoy City is the 431st largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Mahanoy City was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mahanoy City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.63% of the Mahanoy City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Mahanoy City is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mahanoy City who work in sales jobs (15.53%), healthcare suport services (11.75%), and food service (7.47%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Mahanoy City 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

The citizens of Mahanoy City have a very low rate of college education: just 7.46% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Mahanoy City in 2018 was $22,017, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,068 for a family of four. However, Mahanoy City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mahanoy City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.17% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Mahanoy City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Mahanoy City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mahanoy City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Mahanoy City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.34% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mahanoy City include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and Lithuanian.

The most common language spoken in Mahanoy City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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.

Real Estate

If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 77.2% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 38.9% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

Furthermore, if you find historic homes and neighborhoods attractive, you love the details, the history, and the charm, then you are sure to be interested in this neighborhood. With 81.1% of the residential real estate in the neighborhood built no later than 1939, and some built considerably earlier, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of historic residences than 99.7% of all neighborhoods in America. In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special.

People

The first thing that you'll notice if you moved to this neighborhood is that an astounding 3.9% of the households are same sex couples. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis, this is a higher proportion of same sex households than in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America. This is one indicator that this neighborhood is likely a gay-friendly neighborhood. So if you are looking for such a neighborhood, the neighborhood should definitely be on your list of places to consider.

In addition, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in PA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 30.4% have Irish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% 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 Mahanoy City are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 47.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 39.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.1%), and 10.6% in executive, management, and professional 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 89.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Spanish, Italian and Greek.

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 Mahanoy City, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (30.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.9%), along with some Lithuanian ancestry residents (8.8%), 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 (53.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.8%) 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 (9.9%) . 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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