Newburgh Heights is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,816 people and just one neighborhood, Newburgh Heights is the 475th largest community in Ohio. Newburgh Heights has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Newburgh Heights is a blue-collar town, with 39.74% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Newburgh Heights is a village of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newburgh Heights who work in healthcare suport services (15.81%), office and administrative support (11.65%), and management occupations (6.84%).
One downside of living in Newburgh Heights is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Newburgh Heights, the average commute to work is 41.70 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Newburgh Heights are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.95% of adults in Newburgh Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Newburgh Heights in 2022 was $33,348, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,392 for a family of four. However, Newburgh Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Newburgh Heights is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Newburgh Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newburgh Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Newburgh Heights include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Newburgh Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Newburgh Heights, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 27.7% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.9% of all neighborhoods in America.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Newburgh Heights neighborhood.
Three-deckers, duplexes, old Victorian homes cut up into apartments. Independent stores on the corner selling pizza. These are some of the hallmarks of neighborhoods with lots of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. The neighborhood really stands out in this regard, however, as it is dominated by such small apartment buildings more than nearly any other neighborhood in America. This is a stunning visual and lifestyle example of this type of neighborhood. In fact, 34.9% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 96.0% of America's neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 4.8% have Hungarian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.6% 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 Newburgh Heights are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.9% 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, 33.6% 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 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.5%), and 13.1% 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 90.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Newburgh Heights, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.3%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (20.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.5%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (27.7%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (88.7%) 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.