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Prospect Park, PA

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Overview


Prospect Park is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 6,366 people and just one neighborhood, Prospect Park is the 211th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs, Prospect Park isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Prospect Park are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Prospect Park is a borough of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Prospect Park who work in office and administrative support (10.17%), management occupations (10.17%), and sales jobs (8.40%).

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

Of important note, Prospect Park is also a borough of artists. Prospect Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Prospect Park’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Even though Prospect Park is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Prospect Park who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.74% of adults in Prospect Park have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Prospect Park in 2018 was $38,124, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,496 for a family of four. However, Prospect Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Prospect Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.6% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Pennsylvania. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for first-time home buyers.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 29.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 17.4% have Italian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Prospect Park are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.4% 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, 38.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.0%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.1% 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 Prospect Park, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (29.8%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report German roots (16.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 (43.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.8%) 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 (8.8%) . 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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