Central City - Cairnbrook is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,376 people and just one neighborhood, Central City - Cairnbrook is the 439th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Central City - Cairnbrook is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Central City - Cairnbrook is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Central City - Cairnbrook who work in healthcare (15.44%), office and administrative support (9.74%), and management occupations (8.52%).
Also of interest is that Central City - Cairnbrook has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Central City - Cairnbrook is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Central City - Cairnbrook a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Central City - Cairnbrook has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Central City - Cairnbrook’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
In Central City - Cairnbrook, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. However, the town is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Central City - Cairnbrook is a small town, 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 people in Central City - Cairnbrook with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.87% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Central City - Cairnbrook in 2022 was $30,810, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,240 for a family of four. However, Central City - Cairnbrook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Central City - Cairnbrook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Central City - Cairnbrook residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Central City - Cairnbrook include German, Polish, English, Slovak, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Central City - Cairnbrook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Central City - Cairnbrook, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Slovak and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.9% have Hungarian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Central City - Cairnbrook are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.1% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 98.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Central City - Cairnbrook, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.3%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report English roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Slovak ancestry (8.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (7.7%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (88.3%) 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 (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.