New Wilmington is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,097 people and just one neighborhood, New Wilmington is the 629th largest community in Pennsylvania.
New Wilmington is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 90.05% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, New Wilmington is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Wilmington who work in sales jobs (22.44%), office and administrative support (11.08%), and art, media, and design (10.70%).
Of important note, New Wilmington is also a borough of artists. New Wilmington has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape New Wilmington’s character.
Also of interest is that New Wilmington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in New Wilmington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.81% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
One of the benefits of New Wilmington is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.63 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The education level of New Wilmington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in New Wilmington, 46.47% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in New Wilmington in 2022 was $24,430, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,720 for a family of four. However, New Wilmington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
New Wilmington is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call New Wilmington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Wilmington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Wilmington include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in New Wilmington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 99.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 49.0% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
In addition, one of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 1.7% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Pennsylvania.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (20.6%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.0% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 3.7% have Welsh ancestry.
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 New Wilmington are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 1.8% 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 75.6% of America'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, 38.6% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 36.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.8%), and 10.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.8%).
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 New Wilmington, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (11.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (8.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (64.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (20.6%) and 5.9% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.