Maytown is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,098 people and just one neighborhood, Maytown is the 381st largest community in Pennsylvania.
Maytown real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Maytown house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns, Maytown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Maytown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Maytown is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maytown who work in sales jobs (13.09%), healthcare (11.12%), and office and administrative support (8.36%).
A relatively large number of people in Maytown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.47% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Maytown is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Maytown 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, Maytown has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Maytown’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Being a small town, Maytown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Maytown citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.13% of adults in Maytown have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Maytown in 2022 was $38,021, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,084 for a family of four.
Maytown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Maytown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maytown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maytown include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Maytown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
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, 40.7% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 22.8% have English ancestry.
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 Maytown are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.3% 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.
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, 45.0% 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 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.0%), and 11.4% 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 96.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Maytown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (22.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.1%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (6.3%), among others.
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 (49.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.8%) 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 (14.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.