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Westfield - Knoxville, PA

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Overview


Westfield - Knoxville is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,669 people and just one neighborhood, Westfield - Knoxville is the 418th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Westfield - Knoxville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Westfield - Knoxville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.02% of Westfield - Knoxville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Westfield - Knoxville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Westfield - Knoxville who work in office and administrative support (6.91%), sales jobs (6.41%), and teaching (5.80%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Westfield - Knoxville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Westfield - Knoxville, the average commute to work is 30.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. However, it is a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of Westfield - Knoxville’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Westfield - Knoxville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.75% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Westfield - Knoxville in 2018 was $27,543, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,172 for a family of four. However, Westfield - Knoxville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 43 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.8% of this neighborhood's residents have English 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 Westfield - Knoxville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.9% 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, 41.5% 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 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.2%).

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 Westfield - Knoxville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.6%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 (28.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.1%) 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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