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Perryopolis - Star Junction, PA

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Overview


Perryopolis - Star Junction is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,946 people and just one neighborhood, Perryopolis - Star Junction is the 385th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Perryopolis - Star Junction is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Perryopolis - Star Junction is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Perryopolis - Star Junction who work in sales jobs (14.32%), office and administrative support (12.30%), and healthcare (8.39%).

A relatively large number of people in Perryopolis - Star Junction telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.80% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Perryopolis - Star Junction is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Perryopolis - Star Junction, the average commute to work is 31.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Perryopolis - Star Junction does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Perryopolis - Star Junction citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.15% of adults in Perryopolis - Star Junction have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Perryopolis - Star Junction in 2022 was $33,776, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,104 for a family of four. However, Perryopolis - Star Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Perryopolis - Star Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Perryopolis - Star Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Perryopolis - Star Junction include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Perryopolis - Star Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Russian.

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

Real Estate

One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 5.5% have Hungarian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Perryopolis - Star Junction are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.0% of America'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, 34.7% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.9%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Perryopolis - Star Junction, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (13.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (11.8%), 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 (37.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.4%) 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 (12.9%) . 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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