Community Health Nursing
Lansdowne, Phila-Delaware County
Community Description
Delaware County is a host to Lansdowne, which is, located about eight kilometers Southwest of Philadelphia. The community has achieved a tremendous growth, which began during the early stages of the 20th Century. The hasty pace of growth is a result of existence of a railroad stop. The establishment of the railroad influenced the development of human settlement particularly along the railway line with urban developers replacing the informal settlement with relatively more permanent and modernized houses (Cole & Foster 2001). The borough has emerged to be one of the fastest growing sub-economies in Delaware County and Pennsylvania at large since the time it was christened after Marques of Lansdowne. Establishment of the community close to the junction of Baltimore Pike and Lansdowne Avenue has been one of the contributing factors to its massive growth and development since the beginning of the 20th Century. In the wake of the wave industrialization in the United States and other countries across the globe, the community had its own share of development testimony commanding a significant amount of resources. Some of the development activities that goes on in Delaware County and Pennsylvania by extension have become a reality due to the major contributions of Lansdowne towards realization of economic, social, and political stability of the region (Cole & Foster 2001).
During the early stages of Lansdowne's construction particularly at the beginning of the twentieth century, many residents of Philadelphia used it as a vacation resort. However, it would later turn out as one of the residential borough in Delaware County. Although Lansdowne has a vibrant commercial hub next to the original railroad stop, the bigger chunk of its land is residential. Some of the commercial activities that went on along the railroad stop have immensely contributed to the progresses the borough has realized despite the economic, political, and social challenges the United States has faced in the past few decades. With a land size of approximately 3.1 square kilometers, community is famous with some of the world's best light industrial edifices. However, such building have been on decline in the past few years which in effect has paved way for the construction of more modernized residential units (Schultz 2006).
Population
The region had a population of 10, 579 people according to the 2010 census. In addition, over 2, 749 families and 4, 724 households reside in the area and are projected to rise tremendously in the next few years. With it's over 5000 housing units, the community's population stood at 9, 382 persons for every square mile as of 2010 census. Furthermore, Lansdowne has African-American constituting 44.6% of its entire population, 47.1% white, 3.6 Asian, 0.16% Native Americans, and the remaining 4.73% comprising other races. Despite the existence of Americans belonging to different races, the borough has recorded substantial growth and development socially, economically, and culturally without any instances of racial discrimination pitting the different races residing in there. Proper planning mechanism of the Delaware County authorities has immensely contributed to the apparent organization of its infrastructure thereby reducing any probable congestion.
Economic Status
The borough's vast resources have enhanced growth of its economy since establishment at the start of the twentieth century. According to the 2010 census, the income per capiat stood at $70, 177 with only a skimpy 0.4% of its population and 0.6% of families living below the poverty line. The 2010 estimates also indicate that the average income for every household is $40, 013 while that of families stood at $50, 649. The borough served as a vacation resort for not only the County residents but also the people of Philadelphia in general. This attracted many revenues, which were in turn used in improving the infrastructure (Schultz 2006). Despite the many challenges that United States has faced in the recent past mainly resulting from harsh economic tomes and political instability, the borough of Lansdowne has emerged as one of the ideal destinations for domestic tourists who came in large numbers aboard horse as well as rail. Its historic...
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