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Perryopolis - Star Junction, PA

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Overview


Perryopolis - Star Junction is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,946 people and just one neighborhood, Perryopolis - Star Junction is the 385th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Perryopolis - Star Junction is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Perryopolis - Star Junction is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Perryopolis - Star Junction who work in sales jobs (13.53%), office and administrative support (10.16%), and healthcare (10.10%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Perryopolis - Star Junction telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.28% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

In Perryopolis - Star Junction, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Perryopolis - Star Junction doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Perryopolis - Star Junction citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.15% of adults in Perryopolis - Star Junction have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Perryopolis - Star Junction in 2018 was $31,418, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,672 for a family of four. However, Perryopolis - Star Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Perryopolis - Star Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Perryopolis - Star Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Perryopolis - Star Junction include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Perryopolis - Star Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 5.7% have Hungarian 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 Perryopolis - Star Junction are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.5% 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, 33.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.5%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households.

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 Perryopolis - Star Junction, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report English roots (15.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (14.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (12.1%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.8%) 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 (10.9%) . 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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