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Burghill, OH

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Overview


Burghill is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,326 people and just one neighborhood, Burghill is the 432nd largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Burghill, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.72% of Burghill’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Burghill is a town of production and manufacturing workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Burghill who work in management occupations (11.55%), office and administrative support (7.70%), and business and financial occupations (6.71%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Burghill is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Burghill 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, Burghill has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Burghill’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

As is often the case in a small town, Burghill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Burghill who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.50% of the adults in Burghill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Burghill in 2018 was $27,386, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,544 for a family of four. However, Burghill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

Modes of Transportation

If your dream is to be able to ride your bike to work each day, look no further than this unique neighborhood. With 4.7% of residents in the neighborhood commuting on a bicycle to and from work daily, this neighborhood has more bicycle commuters than 97.9% of all neighborhoods in the U.S., according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.5% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.9% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.6% have Romanian 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 Burghill are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.2% of U.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, 44.5% 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 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.7%), and 9.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.6%).

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 Burghill, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report Italian roots (13.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.2%), along with some South American ancestry residents (6.9%), 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 (40.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.0%) 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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