Bainbridge is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 760 people and just one neighborhood, Bainbridge is the 615th largest community in Ohio. Bainbridge has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
When you are in Bainbridge, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.09% of Bainbridge’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bainbridge is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bainbridge who work in sales jobs (11.74%), office and administrative support (10.43%), and food service (6.52%).
The village 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, Bainbridge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bainbridge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The population of Bainbridge has a very low overall level of education: only 9.05% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Bainbridge in 2018 was $21,256, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,024 for a family of four. However, Bainbridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bainbridge also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Bainbridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bainbridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bainbridge include German, Irish, English, Italian, and British.
The most common language spoken in Bainbridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (56.1%) than found in 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
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 Bainbridge are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 56.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.8% 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, 36.5% 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 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% 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 Bainbridge, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report English roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.0%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 (38.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.5%) 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 (14.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.