Montandon is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 873 people and just one neighborhood, Montandon is the 859th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Unlike some towns, Montandon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Montandon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Montandon is a town of service providers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montandon who work in food service (14.33%), management occupations (12.61%), and maintenance occupations (10.89%).
Also of interest is that Montandon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Montandon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Montandon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Montandon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Montandon may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Montandon doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Montandon are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.69% of adults in Montandon having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Montandon in 2022 was $32,551, 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 $130,204 for a family of four. However, Montandon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Montandon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Montandon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montandon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Montandon include German, English, Italian, Northern European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Montandon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Montandon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 37.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, 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.
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 Montandon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.2% 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, 33.9% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.1%).
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 Montandon, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
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 (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.