Speers, PA

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Speers, Pennsylvania

As of the year 2000 census, 1,241 people lived in Speers.

The People and Families of Speers

In Speers, about 63% of adults are married.

If you spend a lot of time in Speers, you'll notice that retired and elderly people are a common sight.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Speers had a median family income of $48,173. The bulk of the population of Speers is doing well, with money to spend. Significantly, more adults in the town have earned college degrees than have people in most other towns in Pennsylvania.

Speers Housing

An estimated 88% of living spaces in Speers are occupied by their owners, not by renters.

Commuting

In Speers, 93% of commuters drive to work.

High Points

Speers strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Pennsylvania):

Category	Trophy
College Educated Adults (vs. Peers)	Top 16%
People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers)	Top 17%

Comparative Profile of Speers, PA

Comparing Speers to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in Pennsylvania (State):

Ratings range from (lowest) to (highest).

The People

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Age of the Population
Senior Citizens
Well-Paid Single Men
Well-Paid Single Women
Female Share of the Population
Racial Diversity
Male Share of the Population
Children Under 5 Years Old

Families

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Portion of People Married
Average Household Size

Wealth

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
College Educated Adults
People in Middle Class or Better
Median Family Income
People Above Poverty

Commute & Sprawl

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Working at Home
Public Transportation Use
Short Commute Times
Walking and Biking to Work

Housing

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
People Living Alone
Seasonal and Vacation Housing
Affordability of Rents
Housing Recently Built
Affordability of Property Taxes
Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	1,241	100%
Male	592	47.7%
Female	649	52.3%
Under 18	220	17.7%
18+	1,021	82.3%
65+	331	26.7%
Median Age	47.1
Average Family Size	2.8
White	1,212	97.7%
African-American	9	0.7%
Asian	16	1.3%
American Indian & Alaskan	0	0%
Other	0	0%
Mixed Race	4	0.3%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	3	0.2%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	1,199
Growth	-42
Growth %	-3.39%

Ancestry	Percent
Italian	22.1%
German	14.5%
English	13.4%
Irish	7.9%
Slovak	6.8%
US/American	6%
Polish	5.3%
Greek	3%
Scotch-Irish	2.8%
French (except Basque)	2.2%
Scottish	1.7%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	1.7%
Lithuanian	1.4%
Belgian	1.3%
Ukrainian	1.1%
Welsh	1.1%
Russian	0.9%
Austrian	0.9%
Hungarian	0.7%
Czechoslovakian	0.7%
Jamaican	0.6%
Finnish	0.6%
Serbian	0.5%
British	0.5%
European	0.4%
Swiss	0.3%
Croatian	0.2%
Norwegian	0.2%
Swedish	0.2%
Dutch	0.2%
Slovene	0.2%
Carpatho Rusyn	0.2%
Slavic	0.2%
Lebanese	0.2%

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