Overview
Scotrun is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,623 people and just one neighborhood, Scotrun is the 326th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Occupations and Workforce
Scotrun is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.34% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Scotrun is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scotrun who work in management occupations (17.87%), food service (10.92%), and healthcare (10.37%).
Also of interest is that Scotrun has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.02% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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
Even though Scotrun is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation 鈥� mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
Demographics
The education level of Scotrun citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.58% of adults in Scotrun have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Scotrun in 2022 was $41,108, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,432 for a family of four. However, Scotrun contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Scotrun is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Scotrun home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scotrun residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Scotrun include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in Scotrun is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Italian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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Length of Commute
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 9.6% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than 蘑菇视频 found in 95.1% of all neighborhoods in America.
People
According to 蘑菇视频's research, is better suited for first-time home buyers than 89.1% of neighborhoods in the state. Most homes here are priced below the state's median house value, yet maintain comparably good appreciation rates over the last decade relative to other neighborhoods in Pennsylvania. Along with an exclusive multi-metric measure of neighborhood quality developed by 蘑菇视频 that scores high here in this neighborhood, this means that buying into the neighborhood is not only an accessible option but considered a decent first time home buyer choice for building equity in your first home, while being in a quality neighborhood In addition to being an excellent choice for first-time home buyers, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 4.6% have Jamaican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese 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 Scotrun are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.8% 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, 52.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 30.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (12.7%), and 4.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.1% of households. Some people also speak Vietnamese (2.4%).
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 Scotrun, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (28.2%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (18.9%), and residents who report German roots (17.4%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (8.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.2%), among others. In addition, 11.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Getting to Work
How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (9.6%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (74.2%) 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 (9.8%) and 7.0% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
