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Bradenville, PA

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Overview


Bradenville is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 487 people and just one neighborhood, Bradenville is the 988th largest community in Pennsylvania. Bradenville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Bradenville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.26% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bradenville is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bradenville who work in sales jobs (33.93%), food service (10.71%), and community and social services (10.71%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Bradenville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bradenville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bradenville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Bradenville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bradenville, the average commute to work is 33.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Bradenville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The overall education level of Bradenville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.11% of adults in Bradenville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Bradenville in 2022 was $22,638, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,552 for a family of four. However, Bradenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bradenville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bradenville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bradenville include Italian, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Bradenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bradenville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

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.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 10.0% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Pennsylvania, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Pennsylvania.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 2.3% have Ukrainian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 19.2% 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 99.6% 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 Bradenville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.2% 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.

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, 40.1% 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 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

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 100.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

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 Bradenville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.6%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (20.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (11.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (11.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (13.4%) . 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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