Middleport is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,180 people and just one neighborhood, Middleport is the 443rd largest community in Ohio. Middleport 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 Middleport, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.29% of Middleport’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Middleport is a village of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Middleport who work in office and administrative support (13.06%), healthcare suport services (8.08%), and healthcare (7.36%).
The village 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, Middleport has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Middleport a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Middleport 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 Middleport, just 11.33% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Middleport in 2022 was $23,218, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,872 for a family of four. However, Middleport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Middleport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middleport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Middleport include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Middleport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Middleport, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 93.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.8% of 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 Middleport are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.1% of U.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, 29.4% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.0%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% 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 Middleport, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.9%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (93.0%) 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.