Glen Lyon is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,877 people and just one neighborhood, Glen Lyon is the 667th largest community in Pennsylvania. Glen Lyon has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Glen Lyon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 49.50% of Glen Lyon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Glen Lyon is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Lyon who work in office and administrative support (10.22%), food service (8.48%), and teaching (7.86%).
Glen Lyon’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe 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, Glen Lyon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Glen Lyon 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, Glen Lyon doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Glen Lyon with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.91% of adults in Glen Lyon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Glen Lyon in 2022 was $30,356, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,424 for a family of four. However, Glen Lyon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glen Lyon is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Glen Lyon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Lyon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glen Lyon include Polish, Irish, German, Italian, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Glen Lyon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
Of particular note, 6.6% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, the neighborhood stands out within Pennsylvania for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 6.1% of college-friendly places to live in PA.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 42.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 4.0% have Welsh ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 34.8% 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 100.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Glen Lyon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.6% 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 50.9% of America'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, 34.6% 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 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.4%), and 13.4% 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 95.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Glen Lyon, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (42.1%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (9.0%), along with some Russian ancestry residents (5.2%), 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 (51.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.7%) 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 (5.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.