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East Prospect, PA

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Overview


East Prospect is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 927 people and just one neighborhood, East Prospect is the 844th largest community in Pennsylvania. East Prospect has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in East Prospect, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.50% of East Prospect’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, East Prospect is a borough of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Prospect who work in office and administrative support (15.25%), management occupations (10.50%), and healthcare (7.25%).

Also of interest is that East Prospect has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

East Prospect is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in East Prospect with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.50% of adults in East Prospect have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in East Prospect in 2022 was $33,571, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,284 for a family of four. However, East Prospect contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call East Prospect home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Prospect residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Prospect include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in East Prospect 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 East Prospect, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 97.7% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.8% have Swiss ancestry.

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 East Prospect are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 79.5% of America'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, 32.3% 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 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 17.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in East Prospect, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 (37.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.0%) 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 (9.5%) . 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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