Herminie is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 718 people and just one neighborhood, Herminie is the 908th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Herminie was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Herminie, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.45% of Herminie’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Herminie is a town of service providers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Herminie who work in management occupations (23.36%), personal care services (13.08%), and healthcare suport services (11.22%).
Overall, Herminie’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Herminie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Herminie citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.10% of adults in Herminie have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Herminie in 2022 was $26,551, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,204 for a family of four.
Herminie is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Herminie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Herminie residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Herminie include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Herminie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.8% have Croatian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.8% 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 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Herminie are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.9% 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, 37.9% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Herminie, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.6%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (9.3%), 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 (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.