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Montandon, PA

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Overview


Montandon is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 873 people and just one neighborhood, Montandon is the 859th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Montandon is a blue-collar town, with 35.23% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Montandon is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montandon who work in food service (11.14%), maintenance occupations (10.62%), and sales jobs (8.29%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Montandon has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

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

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

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Montandon rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.56% of adults 25 and older in Montandon 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 Montandon in 2018 was $28,754, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,016 for a family of four. However, Montandon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 34.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

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 Montandon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.2% 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, 37.0% 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 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.1%).

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 Montandon, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report English roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 (41.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.1%) 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 (6.8%) . 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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