Eldred is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 727 people and just one neighborhood, Eldred is the 894th largest community in Pennsylvania. Eldred has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.
Eldred is a blue-collar town, with 39.41% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Eldred is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eldred who work in sales jobs (10.34%), healthcare (9.36%), and management occupations (9.36%).
Also of interest is that Eldred has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Eldred’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Eldred has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Eldred a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Eldred, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.25 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
For a small borough, Eldred has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Eldred exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Eldred rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.43% of adults 25 and older in Eldred have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Eldred in 2022 was $32,579, 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 $130,316 for a family of four. However, Eldred contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Eldred home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eldred residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Eldred include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Eldred is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 37 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods. 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 Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish 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 Eldred are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.5% 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, 40.6% 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 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.8%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households.
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 Eldred, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.9%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 (41.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.5%) 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 (9.4%) and 5.1% 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.