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Wrightsville, PA

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Overview


Wrightsville is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,124 people and just one neighborhood, Wrightsville is the 605th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Wrightsville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs, Wrightsville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wrightsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wrightsville is a borough of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wrightsville who work in office and administrative support (10.64%), sales jobs (9.07%), and management occupations (7.67%).

Of important note, Wrightsville is also a borough of artists. Wrightsville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Wrightsville’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Wrightsville rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.15% of adults 25 and older in Wrightsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Wrightsville in 2022 was $31,783, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,132 for a family of four. However, Wrightsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wrightsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Wrightsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wrightsville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Wrightsville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Belizean.

The most common language spoken in Wrightsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Wrightsville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 42.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Wrightsville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.9% 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 53.4% 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, 36.3% 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 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.1%), and 11.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.0%).

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 Wrightsville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 (52.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.3%) 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 (6.0%) . 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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