Slatington is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,259 people and just one neighborhood, Slatington is the 352nd largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Slatington was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Slatington is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Slatington is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Slatington who work in food service (11.80%), office and administrative support (9.64%), and teaching (9.02%).
A relatively large number of people in Slatington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.71% 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.
Slatington 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.
The percentage of adults in Slatington with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.92% of adults in Slatington have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Slatington in 2022 was $24,064, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,256 for a family of four. However, Slatington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Slatington is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Slatington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Slatington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Slatington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.85% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Slatington include German, Italian, Irish, Pennsylvania German, and Ukrainian.
The most common language spoken in Slatington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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.
Many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the neighborhood could be your paradise. With 31.8% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 3.0% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 1.1% have Yugoslav ancestry.
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 Slatington are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.9% 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, 34.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.3%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Slatington, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.9%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.8%), along with some Ukrainian ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.
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 (39.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.0%) 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 (11.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.