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Sheakleyville, PA

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Overview


Sheakleyville is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 148 people and just one neighborhood, Sheakleyville is the 1107th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Sheakleyville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Sheakleyville is a blue-collar town, with 52.05% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Sheakleyville is a borough of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sheakleyville who work in maintenance occupations (10.96%), healthcare (9.59%), and food service (8.22%).

Also of interest is that Sheakleyville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Sheakleyville 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.

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, Sheakleyville is worth considering.

Sheakleyville is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

Sheakleyville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.82% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Sheakleyville in 2018 was $28,625, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,500 for a family of four. However, Sheakleyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sheakleyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sheakleyville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sheakleyville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Sheakleyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and West Germanic languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.4% 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 Sheakleyville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.3% 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, 34.8% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.5%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.3% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (5.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Sheakleyville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 (35.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.9%) 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 (13.1%) . 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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