Connoquenessing is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 736 people and just one neighborhood, Connoquenessing is the 926th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Connoquenessing was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Connoquenessing economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Connoquenessing, where the median household income is $79,911.00.
Connoquenessing is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Connoquenessing is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Connoquenessing who work in business and financial occupations (12.50%), office and administrative support (11.74%), and sales jobs (9.09%).
Also of interest is that Connoquenessing has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Connoquenessing telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.15% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Connoquenessing is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Connoquenessing’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One downside of living in Connoquenessing, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.45 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Connoquenessing are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.32% of adults in Connoquenessing have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Connoquenessing in 2022 was $40,477, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,908 for a family of four. However, Connoquenessing contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Connoquenessing home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Connoquenessing residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Connoquenessing include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Connoquenessing is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
If you are planning to retire in Pennsylvania, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Pennsylvania, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 96.1% of neighborhoods in PA. If a Pennsylvania retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 1.2% have Croatian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.6% 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 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Connoquenessing are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.3% 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, 39.6% 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 34.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 7.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 99.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Connoquenessing, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report Polish roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.
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 (41.6% 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 (7.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.