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Glen Lyon, PA

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Overview


Glen Lyon is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,877 people and just one neighborhood, Glen Lyon is the 667th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Glen Lyon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Glen Lyon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 52.71% of the Glen Lyon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Glen Lyon is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Lyon who work in office and administrative support (11.60%), food service (8.89%), and healthcare suport services (7.08%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Glen Lyon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Glen Lyon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Glen Lyon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Glen Lyon may be for you.

Demographics

In Glen Lyon, just 8.20% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Glen Lyon in 2018 was $29,067, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,268 for a family of four. However, Glen Lyon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Glen Lyon is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Glen Lyon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Lyon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glen Lyon include Polish, Irish, Italian, German, and Russian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

Of particular note, 6.6% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

In addition, the neighborhood stands out within Pennsylvania for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 8.4% of college-friendly places to live in PA.

Real Estate

Do you watch 'This Old House' on Public Television? Do you love the idea of fixing up a Colonial or Victorian era home, complete with the charm of yesteryear? Do you like to stroll or drive streets lined with gracious older residences? If you found yourself nodding yes to any of these questions, you are going to be interested in this unique neighborhood. The neighborhood stands out on a national scale for the sheer concentration of historic residences it contains: 58.2% of the residential real estate here was built from 1939 or earlier, some much earlier. This is a greater concentration of historic homes than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 3.5% have Welsh ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 34.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 100.0% 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 Glen Lyon are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.2% 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, 37.8% 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 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.1%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 95.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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 Glen Lyon, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (39.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.6%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 (45.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.5%) 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 (7.7%) . 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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