Ohioville is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,295 people and just one neighborhood, Ohioville is the 455th largest community in Pennsylvania.
When you are in Ohioville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.89% of Ohioville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ohioville is a borough of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ohioville who work in management occupations (13.38%), office and administrative support (8.46%), and healthcare (6.57%).
A relatively large number of people in Ohioville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Ohioville is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Ohioville’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Ohioville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.06 minutes every day commuting to work.
Ohioville is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Ohioville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.46% of adults in Ohioville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ohioville in 2022 was $35,258, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,032 for a family of four. However, Ohioville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ohioville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ohioville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ohioville include German, Italian, English, Irish, and Serbian.
The most common language spoken in Ohioville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Armenian and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Armenian ancestry and 1.1% have Croatian 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 Ohioville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 10.0% 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 50.7% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.1% 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 35.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.0%), and 10.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% 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 Ohioville, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report English roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 (39.5% 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 (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.