It is a fairly quiet borough 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!) Trafford 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. Trafford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Trafford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Trafford may be for you.
One downside of living in Trafford, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 62.66 minutes every day commuting to work.
Trafford is very much a car-oriented borough. This is because the population of Trafford isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small borough, Trafford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Trafford citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.03% of adults in Trafford have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Trafford in 2022 was $57,426, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $229,704 for a family of four.
The people who call Trafford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Trafford residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Trafford include Slovak, Italian, Irish, German, and Lebanese.
The most common language spoken in Trafford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and German/Yiddish.
