McSherrystown is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,128 people and just one neighborhood, McSherrystown is the 486th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Unlike some boroughs, McSherrystown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in McSherrystown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McSherrystown is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McSherrystown who work in sales jobs (15.34%), healthcare (11.87%), and food service (11.14%).
Also of interest is that McSherrystown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
As is often the case in a small borough, McSherrystown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of McSherrystown are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.04% of adults in McSherrystown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in McSherrystown in 2022 was $29,495, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,980 for a family of four. However, McSherrystown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call McSherrystown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McSherrystown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in McSherrystown include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in McSherrystown 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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 88.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 2.9% have Cuban ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.5% 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 95.6% 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 McSherrystown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.9% 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, 32.0% 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 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (27.0%), and 11.8% 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 97.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 McSherrystown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.9%), and residents who report Italian roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.7%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.