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Friedensburg, PA

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Overview


Friedensburg is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,041 people and just one neighborhood, Friedensburg is the 821st largest community in Pennsylvania. Friedensburg has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Friedensburg, where the median household income is $49,315.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Friedensburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Friedensburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Friedensburg is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Friedensburg who work in teaching (19.74%), office and administrative support (15.46%), and business and financial occupations (9.21%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Friedensburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Friedensburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Friedensburg are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.14% of adults in Friedensburg having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Friedensburg in 2018 was $41,974, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,896 for a family of four.

The people who call Friedensburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Friedensburg residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Friedensburg include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and Slavic.

The most common language spoken in Friedensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Russian.

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.7% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 10.0% have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% 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 Friedensburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.6% 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, 34.9% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.9%), and 13.1% 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 94.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Polish 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 Friedensburg, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Dutch roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (7.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.5%), 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 (38.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.9%) 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 (6.5%) . 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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