In addition, Shavertown is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Overall, Shavertown’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Shavertown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Shavertown, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Shavertown is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.31% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Shavertown in 2022 was $43,179, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,716 for a family of four. However, Shavertown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Shavertown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shavertown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Shavertown include Irish, German, Welsh, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Shavertown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
