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Hartly, DE

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Overview


Hartly is a tiny town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 76 people and just one neighborhood, Hartly is the 45th largest community in Delaware. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hartly, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hartly, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hartly’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hartly does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $143,153.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hartly is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 63.77% of the Hartly workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hartly is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hartly who work in food service (7.25%), healthcare suport services (7.25%), and computer science and math (7.25%).

Also of interest is that Hartly has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Hartly is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Hartly is worth considering.

Hartly 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 population of Hartly has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.87% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Hartly in 2022 was $47,549, which is upper middle income relative to Delaware, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $190,196 for a family of four.

The people who call Hartly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hartly residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hartly include German, French, Dutch, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Hartly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.0% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.3% of America's neighborhoods.

In addition, the neighborhood stands out within Delaware for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 10.0% of college-friendly places to live in DE.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 0.7% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Hartly are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.0% 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, 38.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.2%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 88.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish, Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Hartly, DE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.5%), and residents who report Italian roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.8%) 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 (20.1%) . 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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