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Campbelltown, PA

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Overview


Campbelltown is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,922 people and just one neighborhood, Campbelltown is the 240th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Campbelltown was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Campbelltown economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Campbelltown, where the median household income is $96,250.00.

Campbelltown real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Campbelltown house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Campbelltown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Campbelltown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Campbelltown is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Campbelltown who work in management occupations (12.30%), business and financial occupations (12.23%), and healthcare (8.28%).

Also of interest is that Campbelltown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 22.19% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Campbelltown’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Being a small town, Campbelltown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

Campbelltown is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.57% of adults in Campbelltown have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Campbelltown in 2022 was $42,719, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,876 for a family of four. However, Campbelltown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Campbelltown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Campbelltown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Campbelltown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Campbelltown include German, Italian, English, Irish, and Norwegian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 26.6% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.

People

If you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 13.4% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of Pennsylvania.

Diversity

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, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.0% 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 96.0% 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 Campbelltown are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 73.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.2% 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 77.9% 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, 52.3% 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 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.3%), and 9.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (7.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Campbelltown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.2%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 (35.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (71.1%) 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.


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