Cherry Tree is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 272 people and just one neighborhood, Cherry Tree is the 1066th largest community in Pennsylvania. Cherry Tree has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Cherry Tree is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 63.89% of the Cherry Tree workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Cherry Tree is a borough of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cherry Tree who work in maintenance occupations (10.19%), office and administrative support (5.56%), and healthcare suport services (4.63%).
Also of interest is that Cherry Tree has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Overall, Cherry Tree’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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, Cherry Tree has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cherry Tree a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Cherry Tree, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 41.41 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small borough, Cherry Tree does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Cherry Tree, just 6.15% 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 Cherry Tree in 2022 was $31,977, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,908 for a family of four.
The people who call Cherry Tree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cherry Tree residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cherry Tree include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Cherry Tree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.7% of the neighborhoods in America. 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Cherry Tree are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.0% 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 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.9%), and 9.3% 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 96.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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 Cherry Tree, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (26.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.6%) 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 (14.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.