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New Philadelphia - Middleport, PA

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Overview


New Philadelphia - Middleport is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,237 people and just one neighborhood, New Philadelphia - Middleport is the 607th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in New Philadelphia - Middleport 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, New Philadelphia - Middleport is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.20% of the New Philadelphia - Middleport workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, New Philadelphia - Middleport is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Philadelphia - Middleport who work in sales jobs (12.16%), healthcare (9.65%), and office and administrative support (9.56%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, New Philadelphia - Middleport’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

New Philadelphia - Middleport is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in New Philadelphia - Middleport with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.43% of adults in New Philadelphia - Middleport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Philadelphia - Middleport in 2018 was $31,059, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,236 for a family of four. However, New Philadelphia - Middleport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call New Philadelphia - Middleport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Philadelphia - Middleport residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in New Philadelphia - Middleport include Irish, German, Lithuanian, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in New Philadelphia - Middleport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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

Many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the neighborhood could be your paradise. With 37.3% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 2.2% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.

In addition, 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: 60.4% of the residential real estate here was built from 1939 or earlier, some much earlier. This is a greater concentration of historic homes than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

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, 12.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 28.5% have Irish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 17.5% 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 99.6% 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 New Philadelphia - Middleport are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.2% 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, 36.2% 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 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.6%), and 12.8% 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 94.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Italian and German/Yiddish.

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 New Philadelphia - Middleport, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (28.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.2%), and residents who report Lithuanian roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (12.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.7%), 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 (52.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.3%) 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 (10.4%) . 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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