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York Haven, PA

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Overview


York Haven is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 691 people and just one neighborhood, York Haven is the 916th largest community in Pennsylvania. York Haven has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in York Haven, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.08% of York Haven’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, York Haven is a borough of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in York Haven who work in management occupations (14.11%), office and administrative support (10.83%), and food service (8.56%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small borough, York Haven does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of York Haven have a very low rate of college education: just 7.13% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in York Haven in 2018 was $27,033, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,132 for a family of four. However, York Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

York Haven is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call York Haven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of York Haven residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. York Haven also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.86% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in York Haven include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Pennsylvania German.

The most common language spoken in York Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Armenian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Armenian ancestry and 1.0% have Slovak ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 York Haven are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.2% 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 60.9% of America'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, 34.6% 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 30.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 16.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 York Haven, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.7%) 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 (11.3%) . 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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