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Millsboro - Fredericktown, PA

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Overview


Millsboro - Fredericktown is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,287 people and just one neighborhood, Millsboro - Fredericktown is the 597th largest community in Pennsylvania. Millsboro - Fredericktown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Millsboro - Fredericktown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Millsboro - Fredericktown is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Millsboro - Fredericktown who work in sales jobs (20.26%), office and administrative support (16.08%), and healthcare (13.99%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.38% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

In Millsboro - Fredericktown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.29 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Millsboro - Fredericktown is a small town, 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 Millsboro - Fredericktown citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.23% of adults in Millsboro - Fredericktown have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Millsboro - Fredericktown in 2022 was $32,393, 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 $129,572 for a family of four. However, Millsboro - Fredericktown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Millsboro - Fredericktown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Millsboro - Fredericktown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Millsboro - Fredericktown include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Millsboro - Fredericktown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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

People

The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (53.3%) than found in 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 2.1% have Lithuanian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.3% 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 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Millsboro - Fredericktown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 53.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.3% 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, 31.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.9%), and 18.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (11.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Millsboro - Fredericktown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report Italian roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (35.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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