Bergholz - Amsterdam is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,614 people and just one neighborhood, Bergholz - Amsterdam is the 408th largest community in Ohio. Bergholz - Amsterdam has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Bergholz - Amsterdam isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bergholz - Amsterdam are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bergholz - Amsterdam is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bergholz - Amsterdam who work in office and administrative support (16.09%), sales jobs (9.56%), and management occupations (7.15%).
Of important note, Bergholz - Amsterdam is also a town of artists. Bergholz - Amsterdam has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bergholz - Amsterdam’s character.
The overall crime rate in Bergholz - Amsterdam is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small town, Bergholz - Amsterdam does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Bergholz - Amsterdam, just 9.30% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Bergholz - Amsterdam in 2022 was $29,751, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,004 for a family of four. However, Bergholz - Amsterdam contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bergholz - Amsterdam home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bergholz - Amsterdam residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bergholz - Amsterdam include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Bergholz - Amsterdam is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Bergholz - Amsterdam, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 43 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.4% have Croatian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Bergholz - Amsterdam are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.6% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 19.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 98.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Bergholz - Amsterdam, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.3%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.0%) 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.