Womelsdorf - Robesonia is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 6,748 people and just one neighborhood, Womelsdorf - Robesonia is the 200th largest community in Pennsylvania.
When you are in Womelsdorf - Robesonia, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.38% of Womelsdorf - Robesonia’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Womelsdorf - Robesonia is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Womelsdorf - Robesonia who work in sales jobs (9.18%), office and administrative support (9.10%), and management occupations (6.57%).
Also of interest is that Womelsdorf - Robesonia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Womelsdorf - Robesonia’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
In terms of college education, Womelsdorf - Robesonia is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.25% of adults 25 and older in Womelsdorf - Robesonia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Womelsdorf - Robesonia in 2022 was $38,444, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,776 for a family of four. However, Womelsdorf - Robesonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Womelsdorf - Robesonia is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Womelsdorf - Robesonia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Womelsdorf - Robesonia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Womelsdorf - Robesonia include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Womelsdorf - Robesonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.2%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.7% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Womelsdorf - Robesonia are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.7% 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 72.4% 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, 35.6% 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 30.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 13.0% 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 95.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Womelsdorf - Robesonia, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (5.3%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.3%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (11.3%) and 5.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.