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Lenhartsville, PA

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Overview


Lenhartsville is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 178 people and just one neighborhood, Lenhartsville is the 1099th largest community in Pennsylvania. Lenhartsville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Lenhartsville real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Lenhartsville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Lenhartsville is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 85.37% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lenhartsville is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lenhartsville who work in office and administrative support (20.73%), teaching (17.07%), and sales jobs (8.54%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Lenhartsville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.41% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Lenhartsville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

One downside of living in Lenhartsville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lenhartsville, the average commute to work is 30.90 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small borough, Lenhartsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Lenhartsville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.07% of adults in Lenhartsville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lenhartsville in 2022 was $31,459, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,836 for a family of four. However, Lenhartsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Lenhartsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and West Germanic 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 Lenhartsville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 10.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Pennsylvania. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 1.7% have Slovak ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.3% 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 97.0% 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 Lenhartsville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.9% of U.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, 33.4% 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 32.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.3%).

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 Lenhartsville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report English roots (13.1%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (41.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.9%) 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 (9.4%) . 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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