Defiance is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Defiance who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.23% of the adults in Defiance have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Defiance in 2022 was $33,938, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,752 for a family of four. However, Defiance contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Defiance is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Defiance home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Defiance residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Defiance also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.04% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Defiance include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Defiance is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
