St. Thomas is a somewhat small township located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,970 people and just one neighborhood, St. Thomas is the 242nd largest community in Pennsylvania.
When you are in St. Thomas, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.99% of St. Thomas’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, St. Thomas is a township of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Thomas who work in office and administrative support (10.29%), sales jobs (9.68%), and management occupations (8.78%).
It is a fairly quiet township 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!) St. Thomas 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. St. Thomas has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in St. Thomas than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, St. Thomas may be for you.
The percentage of adults in St. Thomas who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.83% of the adults in St. Thomas have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in St. Thomas in 2022 was $31,567, 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 $126,268 for a family of four. However, St. Thomas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call St. Thomas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Thomas residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in St. Thomas include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in St. Thomas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.2% have Slovak ancestry.
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 St. Thomas are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.8% 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, 37.2% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.1%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.2%).
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 St. Thomas, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.6%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.3%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 (54.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.6%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.