Cogan Station is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,889 people and just one neighborhood, Cogan Station is the 310th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cogan Station is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cogan Station is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cogan Station who work in office and administrative support (13.94%), sales jobs (8.81%), and management occupations (8.18%).
A relatively large number of people in Cogan Station telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.09% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Cogan Station is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small town, Cogan Station doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Cogan Station who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.22% of the adults in Cogan Station have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cogan Station in 2022 was $38,737, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,948 for a family of four. However, Cogan Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Cogan Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cogan Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cogan Station include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Cogan Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 42.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 Cogan Station are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.4% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.0%), and 18.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.4%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Cogan Station, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.9%), and residents who report English roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 (49.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.6%) 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 (15.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.