Fort Recovery is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,476 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Recovery is the 512th largest community in Ohio.
Fort Recovery real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although Fort Recovery house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fort Recovery is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.21% of the Fort Recovery workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Fort Recovery is a village of professionals, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Recovery who work in healthcare (12.41%), office and administrative support (7.15%), and management occupations (6.85%).
Also of interest is that Fort Recovery has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Fort Recovery is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Fort Recovery really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Fort Recovery perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Fort Recovery 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.
The percentage of people in Fort Recovery who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.28% of adults in Fort Recovery have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Fort Recovery in 2022 was $30,407, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,628 for a family of four. However, Fort Recovery contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fort Recovery home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Recovery residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Fort Recovery include German, French, Irish, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Fort Recovery is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Ohio. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 98.6% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Ohio. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 39.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 63.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Fort Recovery are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 75.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.7% 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 79.7% 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, 37.4% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.8%), and 13.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Fort Recovery, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (63.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (3.8%), and residents who report English roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.0%).
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.6%) 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 (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.