Germansville is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,347 people and just one neighborhood, Germansville is the 459th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Germansville real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Germansville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns, Germansville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Germansville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Germansville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Germansville who work in management occupations (15.85%), office and administrative support (15.74%), and sales jobs (13.59%).
Also of interest is that Germansville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Germansville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Germansville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Germansville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Germansville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Germansville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Germansville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Germansville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.69% of adults in Germansville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Germansville in 2022 was $57,015, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $228,060 for a family of four.
The people who call Germansville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Germansville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Germansville include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Pennsylvania German.
The most common language spoken in Germansville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Our research reveals that 89.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 45.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 5.9% have Dutch ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.5% 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 97.7% 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 Germansville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.9%), and 17.1% 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 98.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Germansville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (45.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report Italian roots (13.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.6%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.7%) 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.