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Meyersdale, PA

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Overview


Meyersdale is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,038 people and just one neighborhood, Meyersdale is the 632nd largest community in Pennsylvania. Meyersdale has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs, Meyersdale isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Meyersdale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Meyersdale is a borough of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Meyersdale who work in healthcare (13.96%), food service (13.55%), and business and financial occupations (10.45%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Meyersdale is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Meyersdale 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 terms of college education, the citizens of Meyersdale rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.59% of adults 25 and older in Meyersdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Meyersdale in 2018 was $29,384, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,536 for a family of four. However, Meyersdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 0.6% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Pennsylvania.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.5% have Finnish ancestry.

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 Meyersdale are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 40.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.7% of U.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, 36.4% 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 10.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households.

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 Meyersdale, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (47.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.0%), and residents who report English roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (11.9%) . 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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