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Knox, PA

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Overview


Knox is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,089 people and just one neighborhood, Knox is the 811th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Knox was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Knox is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Knox is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Knox who work in office and administrative support (13.16%), teaching (11.62%), and management occupations (11.18%).

Of important note, Knox is also a borough of artists. Knox has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Knox’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Knox’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Knox is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The education level of Knox citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.80% of adults in Knox have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Knox in 2022 was $29,945, 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 $119,780 for a family of four. However, Knox contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Knox is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog.

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

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch 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 Dutch ancestry and 39.7% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Knox are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 33.6% 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 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.1% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (6.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Knox, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.9%), and residents who report English roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (6.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (40.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.8%) 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 (14.3%) . 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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