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Kalida, OH

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Overview


Kalida is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,450 people and just one neighborhood, Kalida is the 519th largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Kalida, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.95% of Kalida’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kalida is a village of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kalida who work in management occupations (12.25%), teaching (10.56%), and food service (8.27%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Kalida 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 village’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, Kalida’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Kalida 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 education level of Kalida citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.17% of adults in Kalida have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kalida in 2022 was $41,421, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $165,684 for a family of four. However, Kalida contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Kalida home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kalida residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Kalida include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Slovak.

The most common language spoken in Kalida is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 90.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Ohio. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 58.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.6% have Welsh ancestry.

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 Kalida are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.7% of U.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, 41.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 36.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (10.9%), and 10.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.6%).

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 Kalida, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (58.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report English roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (90.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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