Van Voorhis is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 138 people and just one neighborhood, Van Voorhis is the 1114th largest community in Pennsylvania. Van Voorhis has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Van Voorhis is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Van Voorhis is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Van Voorhis who work in office and administrative support (59.62%), the sciences (23.08%), and sales jobs (0.00%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Van Voorhis has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
A relatively large number of people in Van Voorhis telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.31% 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.
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, Van Voorhis has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Van Voorhis a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Van Voorhis is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Van Voorhis, the average commute to work is 30.87 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Van Voorhis does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Van Voorhis, just 10.14% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Van Voorhis in 2022 was $29,115, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,460 for a family of four. However, Van Voorhis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Van Voorhis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Van Voorhis residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Van Voorhis include Polish, Czechoslovakian, Italian, Irish, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Van Voorhis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 4.2% have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.4% 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 99.6% 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 Van Voorhis are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.4% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.2%), and 11.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (18.4%).
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 Van Voorhis, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (24.6%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report German roots (13.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (13.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (11.4%), 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 (30.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.9%) 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 (5.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.