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Spring Mills, PA

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Overview


Spring Mills is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 365 people and just one neighborhood, Spring Mills is the 1033rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Spring Mills has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Spring Mills isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Spring Mills are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Spring Mills is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Spring Mills who work in office and administrative support (37.56%), sales jobs (14.55%), and healthcare (10.33%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Spring Mills 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 Spring Mills overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Spring Mills, 24.49% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Spring Mills in 2022 was $29,336, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,344 for a family of four. However, Spring Mills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Spring Mills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring Mills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Spring Mills include German, Irish, Italian, Dutch, and English.

The most common language spoken in Spring Mills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Spring Mills, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.1% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Pennsylvania, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Pennsylvania.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.0% have Eastern European ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.7% 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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Spring Mills are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 3.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 71.0% of America'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, 40.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 21.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 17.0% in manufacturing and laborer 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 92.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, German/Yiddish 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 Spring Mills, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.6%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (79.9%) 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 (7.4%) . 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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