Lyndora is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,079 people and just one neighborhood, Lyndora is the 626th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lyndora is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lyndora is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyndora who work in food service (12.44%), sales jobs (9.64%), and healthcare (9.42%).
Also of interest is that Lyndora has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
As is often the case in a small town, Lyndora doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Lyndora overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Lyndora, 23.21% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lyndora in 2022 was $32,341, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,364 for a family of four. However, Lyndora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lyndora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyndora residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Lyndora include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Lyndora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Other Asian languages.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 5.1% have Ukrainian ancestry.
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 Lyndora are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.9% 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.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 39.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.7%), and 9.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households.
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 Lyndora, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.3%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (17.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (13.9%), along with some Slovak ancestry residents (9.5%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.8%) 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 (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.