Clarksburg is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 403 people and just one neighborhood, Clarksburg is the 703rd largest community in Ohio. Clarksburg has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
When you are in Clarksburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.16% of Clarksburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Clarksburg is a village of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarksburg who work in healthcare suport services (14.52%), sales jobs (6.45%), and community and social services (6.45%).
Clarksburg is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Clarksburg ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.05% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Clarksburg in 2022 was $13,631, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $54,524 for a family of four.
The people who call Clarksburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clarksburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Clarksburg include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Clarksburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.2% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. 19.8% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Clarksburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.7% of America'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, 35.0% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.4%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Clarksburg, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report German roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 (59.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.4%) 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 (14.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.