New Ringgold is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 251 people and just one neighborhood, New Ringgold is the 1069th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in New Ringgold was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
When you are in New Ringgold, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 49.17% of New Ringgold’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, New Ringgold is a borough of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in New Ringgold who work in management occupations (9.17%), office and administrative support (8.33%), and sales jobs (6.67%).
The borough 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, New Ringgold has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New Ringgold a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In New Ringgold, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.97 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small borough, New Ringgold does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In New Ringgold, just 7.39% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in New Ringgold in 2022 was $28,201, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,804 for a family of four. However, New Ringgold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Ringgold home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Ringgold residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in New Ringgold include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Lithuanian.
The most common language spoken in New Ringgold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.2% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 3.2% have Slovak ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in New Ringgold are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.6% 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 59.3% of America'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, 37.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 36.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.0%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.4%).
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 New Ringgold, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (34.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (77.9%) 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 (9.5%) and 6.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.