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Seltzer, PA

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Overview


Seltzer is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 318 people and just one neighborhood, Seltzer is the 1051st largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Seltzer was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Seltzer is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.29% of the Seltzer workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Seltzer is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seltzer who work in sales jobs (37.50%), management occupations (21.32%), and healthcare suport services (5.88%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Seltzer is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Seltzer’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

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!) Seltzer 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. Seltzer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Seltzer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Seltzer may be for you.

One downside of living in Seltzer, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.51 minutes every day commuting to work.

Seltzer is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Seltzer, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Seltzer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Seltzer are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.07% of adults in Seltzer have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Seltzer in 2022 was $29,169, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,676 for a family of four. However, Seltzer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Seltzer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seltzer residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Seltzer include German, Irish, Polish, Lithuanian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Seltzer is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 92.3% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 6.3% have Ukrainian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% 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 Seltzer are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.1% 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, 37.4% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 12.2% 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 98.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Seltzer, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (30.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (24.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.8%), along with some Lithuanian ancestry residents (7.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (92.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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