Masontown is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,159 people and just one neighborhood, Masontown is the 462nd largest community in Pennsylvania. Masontown has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.
When you are in Masontown, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.77% of Masontown’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Masontown is a borough of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Masontown who work in office and administrative support (9.92%), healthcare (8.57%), and management occupations (8.47%).
Being a small borough, Masontown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Masontown with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.18% of adults in Masontown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Masontown in 2022 was $24,283, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,132 for a family of four. However, Masontown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Masontown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.01% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Masontown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Masontown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Masontown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Masontown include German, Italian, European, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Masontown 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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.0% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.8% 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 Masontown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. 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.
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, 42.8% 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 22.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 16.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (7.8%).
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 Masontown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.3%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 (80.6%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.