Needmore is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 153 people and just one neighborhood, Needmore is the 1106th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Needmore is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 64.56% of the Needmore workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Needmore is a town of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Needmore who work in management occupations (15.19%), sales jobs (5.06%), and healthcare (5.06%).
Needmore’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Needmore is worth considering.
One downside of living in Needmore is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Needmore, the average commute to work is 31.88 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Needmore doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Needmore ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.73% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Needmore in 2022 was $33,491, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,964 for a family of four. However, Needmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Needmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Needmore residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Needmore include German, Irish, English, Scandinavian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Needmore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 37.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 30 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Needmore are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.7% 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, 33.6% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 14.8% 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 Polish and Italian.
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 Needmore, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (35.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (83.3%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.