Huntsburg is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,659 people and just one neighborhood, Huntsburg is the 339th largest community in Ohio.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Huntsburg is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.12% of the Huntsburg workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Huntsburg is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Huntsburg who work in maintenance occupations (12.48%), healthcare suport services (9.62%), and teaching (9.34%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Huntsburg 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, Huntsburg really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Huntsburg 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.
One downside of living in Huntsburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Huntsburg, the average commute to work is 35.34 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Huntsburg are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.51% of adults in Huntsburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Huntsburg in 2022 was $25,073, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,292 for a family of four. However, Huntsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Huntsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Huntsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Huntsburg include Pennsylvania German, German, Polish, Slovene, and Croatian.
The most common language spoken in Huntsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and West Germanic languages.
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.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 37.8% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 38.5% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Ohio. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 95.1% 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 4.8% have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 42.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Huntsburg are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.7% 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, 36.6% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 14.3% 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 57.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish 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 Huntsburg, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.5%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (8.3%), and residents who report Croatian roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Swiss ancestry (4.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (25.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (44.4%) 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 (37.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.