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Are the trends in local vacancies or unemployment concerning?
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Vintondale is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 407 people and just one neighborhood, Vintondale is the 1018th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Vintondale was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Occupations and Workforce
Vintondale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Vintondale is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Vintondale who work in healthcare suport services (16.56%), office and administrative support (14.72%), and sales jobs (9.82%).
Setting & Lifestyle
Vintondale’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Vintondale, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.99 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small borough, Vintondale doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Demographics
The population of Vintondale has a very low overall level of education: only 8.71% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Vintondale in 2022 was $25,121, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,484 for a family of four. However, Vintondale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Vintondale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vintondale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vintondale include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Vintondale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.8% have Hungarian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.2% 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 98.9% 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 Vintondale are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.3% 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, 33.7% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.5%), and 18.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
Languages
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 98.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Vintondale, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (12.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (28.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.5%) 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 (11.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
