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Turtle Creek, PA

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Overview


Turtle Creek is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,987 people and just one neighborhood, Turtle Creek is the 291st largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs, Turtle Creek isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Turtle Creek are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Turtle Creek is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Turtle Creek who work in office and administrative support (14.47%), food service (13.89%), and management occupations (8.46%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Turtle Creek, even though it is a small borough, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, borough who have a need for low-cost transportation.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Turtle Creek with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.21% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Turtle Creek in 2018 was $23,199, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,796 for a family of four. However, Turtle Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Turtle Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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 Turtle Creek, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 1.2% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Pennsylvania.

In addition, of note, 58.2% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.

Modes of Transportation

More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 0.8% have Croatian 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 Turtle Creek are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 58.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.4% 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, 30.9% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.4%), and 20.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.6%).

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 Turtle Creek, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report Italian roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Welsh ancestry (4.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 (27.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (62.9%) 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 (15.1%) and 13.1% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. 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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