Rawson is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 560 people and just one neighborhood, Rawson is the 653rd largest community in Ohio. Rawson 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 Rawson, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.45% of Rawson’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Rawson is a village of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rawson who work in maintenance occupations (22.27%), food service (8.98%), and healthcare suport services (7.03%).
Rawson 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.
Rawson ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.83% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Rawson in 2022 was $21,871, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,484 for a family of four. However, Rawson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rawson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rawson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rawson include German, French, English, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Rawson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 88.8% of the neighborhoods in OH. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 3.9% have Swiss ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rawson are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.9% 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, 38.0% 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 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.
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 Rawson, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report Hungarian roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.0%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.5%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.