Quaker City is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 379 people and just one neighborhood, Quaker City is the 718th largest community in Ohio. Quaker City has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, Quaker City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Quaker City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Quaker City is a village of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Quaker City who work in office and administrative support (15.15%), management occupations (12.12%), and healthcare (10.91%).
Quaker City’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Quaker City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Quaker City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Quaker City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Quaker City may be for you.
One downside of living in Quaker City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Quaker City, the average commute to work is 31.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small village, Quaker City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Quaker City, just 8.11% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Quaker City in 2022 was $30,317, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,268 for a family of four.
The people who call Quaker City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quaker City residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Quaker City include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Quaker City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Quaker City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 29 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 1.5% have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% 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 Quaker City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.6% 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, 42.3% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 15.0% 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 86.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.
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 Quaker City, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report English roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (3.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.6%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.9%) 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 (21.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.