Webster is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 237 people and just one neighborhood, Webster is the 1075th largest community in Pennsylvania. Webster has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Webster is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.36% of the Webster workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Webster is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Webster who work in personal care services (27.27%), management occupations (15.91%), and maintenance occupations (11.36%).
Webster 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 town’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, Webster’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Webster is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Webster, the average commute to work is 34.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Webster is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Webster is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Webster has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Webster does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Webster citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.09% of adults in Webster have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Webster in 2022 was $29,051, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,204 for a family of four. However, Webster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Webster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Webster residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Webster include Italian, German, Polish, Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Webster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.3% have Croatian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 21.7% 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 99.8% 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 Webster are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.0% 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, 35.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.9%), and 16.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 99.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Webster, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (24.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (8.9%), 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 (37.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.1%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.