Masury is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,001 people and just one neighborhood, Masury is the 463rd largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Masury was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Masury is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Masury is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Masury who work in office and administrative support (18.80%), healthcare suport services (16.13%), and healthcare (8.23%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.74% 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Masury has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Masury a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The rate of college-level education in Masury is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.41% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Masury in 2022 was $25,181, which is low income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,724 for a family of four. However, Masury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Masury is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Masury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Masury residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Masury include Irish, German, Italian, Hungarian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Masury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 2.2% have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.3% 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 98.0% 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 Masury are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
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 clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 22.9% 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 18.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (10.3%).
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 Masury, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (43.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.5%) 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 (13.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.