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Nanty-Glo, PA

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Overview


Nanty-Glo is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,467 people and just one neighborhood, Nanty-Glo is the 572nd largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Nanty-Glo is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Nanty-Glo is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nanty-Glo who work in food service (12.34%), sales jobs (11.38%), and healthcare suport services (11.38%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Nanty-Glo’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

As is often the case in a small borough, Nanty-Glo doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In Nanty-Glo, just 12.92% 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 Nanty-Glo in 2018 was $24,673, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,692 for a family of four. However, Nanty-Glo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Nanty-Glo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Greek ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 2.7% have Greek ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.0% 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 Nanty-Glo are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.4% 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, 30.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.2%), and 20.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (10.1%).

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 Nanty-Glo, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (24.9%), and residents who report Italian roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (8.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.4%) 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 (6.7%) . 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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