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South Fork - Summerhill, PA

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Overview


South Fork - Summerhill is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,889 people and just one neighborhood, South Fork - Summerhill is the 395th largest community in Pennsylvania. South Fork - Summerhill has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

South Fork - Summerhill is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, South Fork - Summerhill is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Fork - Summerhill who work in healthcare (9.93%), office and administrative support (9.31%), and healthcare suport services (8.13%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

South Fork - Summerhill’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in South Fork - Summerhill with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.70% of adults in South Fork - Summerhill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in South Fork - Summerhill in 2018 was $30,988, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,952 for a family of four. However, South Fork - Summerhill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in South Fork - Summerhill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in South Fork - Summerhill, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 36.8% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.2% 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 97.5% 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 South Fork - Summerhill are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.1% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (9.2%).

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 South Fork - Summerhill, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Polish roots (10.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.5%), 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 (56.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (6.4%) . 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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