About Terrace Park

Terrace Park is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,273 people and just one neighborhood, Terrace Park is the 514th largest community in Ohio.

Terrace Park is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 94.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Terrace Park is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Terrace Park who work in management occupations (20.82%), sales jobs (17.53%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.36%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.47% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

In addition, Terrace Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Terrace Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Terrace Park 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 village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Terrace Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Terrace Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Terrace Park Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Terrace Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Terrace Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 71.01% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Terrace Park in 2000 was $42,391, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,564 for a family of four. However, Terrace Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Terrace Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Terrace Park is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Terrace Park include German, English, Irish, British, and European.

The most common language spoken in Terrace Park is English.