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Oxford - Otterbein, IN

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Overview


Oxford - Otterbein is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,336 people and just one neighborhood, Oxford - Otterbein is the 174th largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Oxford - Otterbein was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Oxford - Otterbein, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.35% of Oxford - Otterbein’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Oxford - Otterbein is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oxford - Otterbein who work in office and administrative support (11.76%), sales jobs (11.42%), and management occupations (9.42%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small town, Oxford - Otterbein doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Oxford - Otterbein are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.87% of adults in Oxford - Otterbein have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Oxford - Otterbein in 2018 was $28,931, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,724 for a family of four. However, Oxford - Otterbein contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Oxford - Otterbein home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oxford - Otterbein residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oxford - Otterbein include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Oxford - Otterbein is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Oxford - Otterbein, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.3% have Welsh ancestry.

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 Oxford - Otterbein are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.5% 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, 35.4% 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 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.1%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Oxford - Otterbein, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report English roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (87.9%) 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 (8.3%) . 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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