Factoryville - Nicholson is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,416 people and just one neighborhood, Factoryville - Nicholson is the 345th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Factoryville - Nicholson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Factoryville - Nicholson is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Factoryville - Nicholson who work in office and administrative support (10.98%), sales jobs (9.45%), and management occupations (8.96%).
A relatively large number of people in Factoryville - Nicholson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.48% 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.
The overall education level of Factoryville - Nicholson is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.19% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Factoryville - Nicholson in 2022 was $28,932, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,728 for a family of four. However, Factoryville - Nicholson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Factoryville - Nicholson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Factoryville - Nicholson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Factoryville - Nicholson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Factoryville - Nicholson include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Factoryville - Nicholson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Factoryville - Nicholson, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
An extraordinary 12.4% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 1.2% have Lithuanian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.4% 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 98.9% 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 Factoryville - Nicholson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.9% 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, 33.4% 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 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.6%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (13.4%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Factoryville - Nicholson, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.5%), and residents who report English roots (14.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (14.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (10.8%), 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 (34.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.