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Robinson, PA

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Overview


Robinson is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 583 people and just one neighborhood, Robinson is the 950th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Robinson isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Robinson are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Robinson is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Robinson who work in personal care services (18.02%), management occupations (11.05%), and office and administrative support (9.88%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Robinson is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

In Robinson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.03 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Robinson 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 population of Robinson has a very low overall level of education: only 7.90% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Robinson in 2018 was $26,738, 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 $106,952 for a family of four. However, Robinson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.2% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Pennsylvania. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.2% have Swiss ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.6% 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 99.2% 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 Robinson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.1% 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, 35.2% 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.9%), and 16.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

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 93.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, German/Yiddish and Polish.

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 Robinson, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report English roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Slovak ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (7.2%) . 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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