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Armagh, PA

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Overview


Armagh is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 101 people and just one neighborhood, Armagh is the 1121st largest community in Pennsylvania. Armagh has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Armagh is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 88.89% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Armagh is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Armagh who work in office and administrative support (31.11%), teaching (31.11%), and healthcare (8.89%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Armagh is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Armagh a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Armagh has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Armagh’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Armagh spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.27 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the borough are less than they would otherwise be.

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

Demographics

The education level of Armagh citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.89% of adults in Armagh have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Armagh in 2018 was $38,132, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,528 for a family of four. However, Armagh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

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.

Occupations

The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 19.1% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.8% have Welsh 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 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Armagh are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.8% 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, 37.1% 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 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.1%), and 19.1% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

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 98.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Armagh, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report English roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (33.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.2%) 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 (7.6%) . 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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