Trainer is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,960 people and just one neighborhood, Trainer is the 652nd largest community in Pennsylvania.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Trainer is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.58% of the Trainer workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Trainer is a borough of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Trainer who work in sales jobs (10.85%), healthcare suport services (8.59%), and office and administrative support (7.09%).
In Trainer, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.20 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite being a small borough, Trainer has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Trainer are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.37% of adults in Trainer have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Trainer in 2022 was $31,288, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,152 for a family of four. However, Trainer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Trainer is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Trainer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Trainer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Trainer include Polish, Irish, Ukrainian, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Trainer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 39.2% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 52.4% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.6% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.1% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 19.1% have Polish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 15.1% 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 99.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Trainer are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 51.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.6% 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, 44.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.7%), and 15.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (15.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Trainer, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (19.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report Ukrainian roots (14.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.2%), along with some German ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (50.5%) 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 (39.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.