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Etna, OH

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Overview


Etna is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,209 people and just one neighborhood, Etna is the 554th largest community in Ohio.

Etna real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although Etna house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Etna is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.78% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Etna is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Etna who work in sales jobs (16.06%), food service (13.00%), and art, media, and design (11.47%).

Of important note, Etna is also a town of artists. Etna has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Etna’s character.

Also of interest is that Etna has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Etna telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 23.63% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Etna is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Etna a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Etna has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Etna’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Etna is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The overall education level of Etna citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.62% of adults in Etna have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Etna in 2018 was $40,790, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,160 for a family of four.

Etna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Etna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Etna residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Etna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.99% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Etna include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Etna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 72.4% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, if you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 12.7% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of Ohio.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 1.1% have Slovak ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Etna are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.6% 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 73.1% 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, 42.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.0%), and 9.8% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (8.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Etna, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (24.2%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (10.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.7%), among others. In addition, 11.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (70.6%) 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 (11.1%) . 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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