Columbus Grove is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,136 people and just one neighborhood, Columbus Grove is the 447th largest community in Ohio. Columbus Grove has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Columbus Grove is a blue-collar town, with 37.27% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Columbus Grove is a village of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbus Grove who work in healthcare (10.85%), office and administrative support (9.32%), and management occupations (8.62%).
Because of many things, Columbus Grove is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Columbus Grove 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, Columbus Grove has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Columbus Grove’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 village, Columbus Grove doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Columbus Grove overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Columbus Grove, 22.83% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Columbus Grove in 2022 was $33,047, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,188 for a family of four. However, Columbus Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Columbus Grove is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Columbus Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbus Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Columbus Grove include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Columbus Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Ohio. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 97.0% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Ohio. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood.
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, 60.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.7% have Welsh 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 Columbus Grove are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.8% 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 72.1% 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, 41.0% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 9.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Columbus Grove, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (60.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report English roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of Welsh ancestry (2.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (5.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.