Millheim - Aaronsburg is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,635 people and just one neighborhood, Millheim - Aaronsburg is the 419th largest community in Pennsylvania. Millheim - Aaronsburg has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Millheim - Aaronsburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.08% of Millheim - Aaronsburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Millheim - Aaronsburg is a town of managers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Millheim - Aaronsburg who work in management occupations (13.84%), office and administrative support (7.95%), and teaching (6.62%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, Millheim - Aaronsburg is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Millheim - Aaronsburg 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, Millheim - Aaronsburg has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Millheim - Aaronsburg’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Millheim - Aaronsburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.71 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Millheim - Aaronsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Millheim - Aaronsburg who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.34% of the adults in Millheim - Aaronsburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Millheim - Aaronsburg in 2022 was $28,564, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,256 for a family of four. However, Millheim - Aaronsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Millheim - Aaronsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Millheim - Aaronsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Millheim - Aaronsburg include German, Pennsylvania German, Swiss, English, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Millheim - Aaronsburg 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 Millheim - Aaronsburg, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Pennsylvania. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.8% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Pennsylvania. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. 23.7% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 22.3% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 42 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 28.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% 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 Millheim - Aaronsburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.9% 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, 40.3% 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 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.4%), and 10.6% 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 70.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.
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 Millheim - Aaronsburg, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.1%). There are also a number of people of Swiss ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report English roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (58.0%) 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 (22.3%) and 6.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.