Rudolph is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 415 people and just one neighborhood, Rudolph is the 700th largest community in Ohio. Rudolph has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Rudolph, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 79.17% of Rudolph’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Rudolph is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rudolph who work in healthcare (13.69%), maintenance occupations (5.95%), and office and administrative support (1.19%).
Overall, Rudolph’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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, Rudolph has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rudolph a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Rudolph is a very car-oriented town. 97.62% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Rudolph is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Rudolph has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
As is often the case in a small town, Rudolph doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Rudolph, just 9.31% 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 Rudolph in 2022 was $39,567, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,268 for a family of four. However, Rudolph contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rudolph home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rudolph residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Rudolph include German, Hungarian, Polish, English, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Rudolph is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 0.6% have Belgian ancestry.
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 Rudolph are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.3% of America'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, 34.9% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (28.2%), and 5.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.0%).
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 Rudolph, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Swiss ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report English roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 (38.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.4%) 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 (14.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.