New Alexandria is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 491 people and just one neighborhood, New Alexandria is the 980th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, New Alexandria is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.80% of the New Alexandria workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, New Alexandria is a borough of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Alexandria who work in office and administrative support (11.81%), healthcare (9.45%), and teaching (7.87%).
New Alexandria 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, New Alexandria’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
The borough is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, New Alexandria has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New Alexandria a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small borough, New Alexandria doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of New Alexandria is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.85% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in New Alexandria in 2022 was $39,587, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,348 for a family of four. However, New Alexandria contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Alexandria home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Alexandria residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Alexandria include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in New Alexandria is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 95.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.6% of all American neighborhoods.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the neighborhood about it; they already know. 25.7% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in New Alexandria is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in PA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.8% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania. If you are considering retiring to Pennsylvania, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 43.3% have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 19.2% 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.
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 New Alexandria are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.5% 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, 33.7% 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 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (28.1%), and 7.2% 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 98.5% 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 New Alexandria, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (43.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (11.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (8.4%), 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 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 (95.6%) 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.