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Forksville - Hillsgrove, PA

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Overview


Forksville - Hillsgrove is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,569 people and just one neighborhood, Forksville - Hillsgrove is the 708th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Forksville - Hillsgrove is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.24% of the Forksville - Hillsgrove workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Forksville - Hillsgrove is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forksville - Hillsgrove who work in office and administrative support (10.76%), healthcare (10.07%), and maintenance occupations (6.48%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Forksville - Hillsgrove is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

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, Forksville - Hillsgrove has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Forksville - Hillsgrove a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Forksville - Hillsgrove, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.57 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Forksville - Hillsgrove is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The citizens of Forksville - Hillsgrove are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.29% of adults in Forksville - Hillsgrove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Forksville - Hillsgrove in 2022 was $36,649, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,596 for a family of four. However, Forksville - Hillsgrove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Forksville - Hillsgrove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forksville - Hillsgrove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Forksville - Hillsgrove include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Forksville - Hillsgrove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

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

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 60.8% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry.

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 Forksville - Hillsgrove are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.5% 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, 34.8% 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 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 15.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Forksville - Hillsgrove, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (84.8%) 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 (7.5%) . 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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