Noxen is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 643 people and just one neighborhood, Noxen is the 933rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Noxen has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Noxen, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.61% of Noxen’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Noxen is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Noxen who work in office and administrative support (9.17%), sales jobs (8.73%), and healthcare suport services (6.55%).
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!) Noxen 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. Noxen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Noxen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Noxen may be for you.
One downside of living in Noxen, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.12 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Noxen doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Noxen have a very low rate of college education: just 8.72% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Noxen in 2022 was $26,601, 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 $106,404 for a family of four. However, Noxen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Noxen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Noxen residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Noxen include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Noxen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 2.3% have Slovak 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 Noxen are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.7% of U.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, 30.3% 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 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.2%), and 17.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Noxen, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report English roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (9.2%), 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 (42.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.