Toughkenamon is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,297 people and just one neighborhood, Toughkenamon is the 767th largest community in Pennsylvania. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Toughkenamon, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Toughkenamon, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Toughkenamon’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Toughkenamon does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $113,393.00.
Toughkenamon home prices are not only among the most expensive in Pennsylvania, but Toughkenamon real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Unlike some towns, Toughkenamon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Toughkenamon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Toughkenamon is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Toughkenamon who work in management occupations (23.91%), office and administrative support (19.84%), and farm management occupations (10.05%).
Toughkenamon is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Toughkenamon, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
A relatively large number of people in Toughkenamon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.32% 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.
Because of many things, Toughkenamon is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Toughkenamon really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Toughkenamon perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Toughkenamon is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Toughkenamon is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.83% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Toughkenamon in 2022 was $40,933, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,732 for a family of four. However, Toughkenamon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Toughkenamon is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Toughkenamon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Toughkenamon, accounting for 50.14% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Toughkenamon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Toughkenamon include Italian, German, English, Polish, and Irish.
In addition, Toughkenamon has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.41%).
The most common language spoken in Toughkenamon 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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dominican and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 2.1% have Ukrainian 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 Toughkenamon are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 93.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.7% 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, 49.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 13.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.1%), and 12.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 63.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (31.2%).
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 Toughkenamon, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (20.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.9%), and residents who report Italian roots (17.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (16.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (10.8%), among others. In addition, 20.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (41.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (65.3%) 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 (15.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.