Kalida is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,456 people and just one neighborhood, Kalida is the 519th largest community in Ohio.
Kalida is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kalida is a village of professionals, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kalida who work in management occupations (12.61%), teaching (10.58%), and office and administrative support (7.48%).
Because of many things, Kalida is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Kalida a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Kalida has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Kalida’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Kalida 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 education level of Kalida citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.65% of adults in Kalida have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kalida in 2022 was $43,674, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,696 for a family of four.
The people who call Kalida home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kalida residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Kalida include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Kalida is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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 Kalida, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 German and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 64.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.3% have Slovak 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 Kalida are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.6% 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 56.9% of America'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, 39.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 35.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.9%), and 11.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.6%).
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 Kalida, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (64.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report English roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.0%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.