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Herminie, PA

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Overview


Herminie is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 718 people and just one neighborhood, Herminie is the 908th largest community in Pennsylvania. Herminie has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Herminie, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.45% of Herminie’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Herminie is a town of service providers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Herminie who work in management occupations (23.36%), personal care services (13.08%), and healthcare suport services (11.22%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Herminie 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.

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Herminie citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.10% of adults in Herminie have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Herminie in 2022 was $26,551, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,204 for a family of four.

Herminie is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Herminie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Herminie residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Herminie include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and Scottish.

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

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

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.8% have Croatian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.8% 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 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Herminie are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.9% 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, 37.9% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 98.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

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 Herminie, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.6%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (9.3%), 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 (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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