St. Bernard is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,951 people and just one neighborhood, St. Bernard is the 310th largest community in Ohio. St. Bernard has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, St. Bernard isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Bernard are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Bernard is a village of professionals, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Bernard who work in management occupations (11.13%), office and administrative support (9.24%), and computer science and math (6.94%).
Also of interest is that St. Bernard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The percentage of people in St. Bernard who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.98% of adults in St. Bernard have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in St. Bernard in 2022 was $37,663, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,652 for a family of four. However, St. Bernard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
St. Bernard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call St. Bernard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Bernard residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Bernard include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in St. Bernard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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 St. Bernard, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 40.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 St. Bernard are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 39.5% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in St. Bernard, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report English roots (12.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
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 (35.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (81.5%) 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 (7.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.