North Charleroi is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 430 people and just one neighborhood, North Charleroi is the 764th largest community in Pennsylvania. North Charleroi has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.
North Charleroi is a blue-collar town, with 38.11% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, North Charleroi is a borough of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in North Charleroi who work in office and administrative support (8.17%), healthcare (7.62%), and management occupations (7.44%).
Residents will find that the borough is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, North Charleroi is worth considering.
North Charleroi, even though it is a small borough, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, borough who have a need for low-cost transportation.
The rate of college-level education in North Charleroi is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.32% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in North Charleroi in 2022 was $25,540, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,160 for a family of four. However, North Charleroi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call North Charleroi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Charleroi residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in North Charleroi include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in North Charleroi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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.
The types of households in a neighborhood can tell a lot about the character and lifestyle of those living here. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood, above nearly every neighborhood in America, has a greater percentage of its residents living alone: 50.7%. This is a higher percent living alone than we found in 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Often residents who live alone are new arrivals to an area who are single, and often senior citizens who have lost a spouse.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 4.0% have Hungarian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 19.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% 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 North Charleroi are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.1% 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 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.9%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (19.4%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in North Charleroi, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (8.5%), 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 (50.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.