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Bruin, PA

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Overview


Bruin is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 408 people and just one neighborhood, Bruin is the 1012th largest community in Pennsylvania. Bruin has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Bruin, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.49% of Bruin’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bruin is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bruin who work in healthcare suport services (14.63%), office and administrative support (12.20%), and sales jobs (6.83%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Bruin is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

In Bruin, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Bruin is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Bruin with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.60% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bruin in 2022 was $44,579, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $178,316 for a family of four. However, Bruin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Bruin is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.4%) living in the neighborhood.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 41.6% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.2% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 44.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 23.9% have Irish 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 Bruin are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 50.5% of America'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, 41.6% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.6%), and 13.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.8%).

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 Bruin, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (23.9%), and residents who report English roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.8%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (85.0%) 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 (7.2%) . 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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