Montandon is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 873 people and just one neighborhood, Montandon is the 859th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Unlike some towns, Montandon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Montandon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Montandon is a town of service providers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montandon who work in food service (14.33%), management occupations (12.61%), and maintenance occupations (10.89%).
Also of interest is that Montandon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Montandon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Montandon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Montandon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Montandon may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Montandon doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Montandon are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.69% of adults in Montandon having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Montandon in 2022 was $32,551, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,204 for a family of four. However, Montandon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Montandon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Montandon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montandon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Montandon include German, English, Italian, Northern European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Montandon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 37.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, 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.
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 Montandon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.2% 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, 33.9% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.1%).
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 Montandon, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.8%) 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.