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Oakwood - Grover Hill, OH

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Overview


Oakwood - Grover Hill is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,502 people and just one neighborhood, Oakwood - Grover Hill is the 348th largest community in Ohio. Oakwood - Grover Hill has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Oakwood - Grover Hill isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Oakwood - Grover Hill are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oakwood - Grover Hill is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakwood - Grover Hill who work in office and administrative support (11.08%), management occupations (10.64%), and sales jobs (7.36%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small town, Oakwood - Grover Hill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Oakwood - Grover Hill is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.54% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Oakwood - Grover Hill in 2018 was $32,629, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,516 for a family of four. However, Oakwood - Grover Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Oakwood - Grover Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakwood - Grover Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Oakwood - Grover Hill include German, English, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Oakwood - Grover Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 2.4% have Welsh 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 Oakwood - Grover Hill are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.5% 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, 32.8% 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 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 15.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% 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 Oakwood - Grover Hill, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.2%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 (36.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.5%) 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 (6.8%) . 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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