Grantville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 6,068 people and just one neighborhood, Grantville is the 231st largest community in Pennsylvania.
Grantville real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Grantville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Grantville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grantville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grantville who work in sales jobs (16.41%), office and administrative support (13.55%), and healthcare (9.29%).
Also of interest is that Grantville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Grantville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.86% 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, Grantville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Grantville 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, Grantville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Grantville’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Grantville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Grantville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The overall education level of Grantville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.98% of adults in Grantville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Grantville in 2022 was $45,633, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $182,532 for a family of four.
The people who call Grantville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grantville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Grantville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Grantville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Grantville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 1.1% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Grantville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 74.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 38.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.8%), and 17.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (8.5%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Grantville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.0%), along with some Swiss 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 (40.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.3%) 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 (8.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.