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Riegelsville, PA

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Overview


Riegelsville is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 841 people and just one neighborhood, Riegelsville is the 869th largest community in Pennsylvania. Riegelsville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.

Riegelsville home prices are not only among the most expensive in Pennsylvania, but Riegelsville real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs, Riegelsville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Riegelsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Riegelsville is a borough of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Riegelsville who work in management occupations (20.29%), sales jobs (15.65%), and office and administrative support (8.56%).

A relatively large number of people in Riegelsville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.98% 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

One downside of living in Riegelsville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.46 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The education level of Riegelsville ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Riegelsville, 42.60% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Riegelsville in 2022 was $43,038, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,152 for a family of four. However, Riegelsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Riegelsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Riegelsville is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in PA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.6% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania. If you are considering retiring to Pennsylvania, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 2.1% have Austrian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.5% 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 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Riegelsville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 74.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.1% 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 78.6% 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, 46.0% 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 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.9%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.5%).

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 Riegelsville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.4%), and residents who report English roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (10.2%), along with some Hungarian ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 (32.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.1%) 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.


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