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Sandy Ridge, PA

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Overview


Sandy Ridge is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 296 people and just one neighborhood, Sandy Ridge is the 1058th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Sandy Ridge isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sandy Ridge are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sandy Ridge is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandy Ridge who work in teaching (37.17%), sales jobs (23.01%), and management occupations (20.35%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Sandy Ridge is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Sandy Ridge 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, Sandy Ridge has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Sandy Ridge’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small town, Sandy Ridge does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Sandy Ridge citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.00% of adults in Sandy Ridge have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sandy Ridge in 2022 was $29,918, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,672 for a family of four. However, Sandy Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sandy Ridge also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Sandy Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy Ridge residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Ridge include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America.

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 6.6% 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 ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.0% 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 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Sandy Ridge are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.9% 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 64.4% 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, 43.8% 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 33.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.8%), and 7.1% 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 98.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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 Sandy Ridge, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.1%), and residents who report German roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (39.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (83.1%) 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.


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