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Caledonia, OH

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Overview


Caledonia is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 557 people and just one neighborhood, Caledonia is the 656th largest community in Ohio. Caledonia has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Caledonia, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.94% of Caledonia’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Caledonia is a village of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Caledonia who work in office and administrative support (8.76%), maintenance occupations (7.22%), and sales jobs (5.15%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Caledonia 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.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Caledonia is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.81% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Caledonia in 2018 was $26,941, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,764 for a family of four. However, Caledonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Caledonia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Caledonia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Caledonia include German, English, Irish, French, and Ukrainian.

The most common language spoken in Caledonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Caledonia, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 13.3% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Caledonia are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.2% 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 64.0% 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, 31.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations (25.1%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Caledonia, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Hungarian ancestry (2.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (47.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.8%) 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 (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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