Peninsula is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 522 people and just one neighborhood, Peninsula is the 662nd largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Peninsula was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Peninsula real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although Peninsula house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Peninsula is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 94.51% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Peninsula is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Peninsula who work in management occupations (20.05%), healthcare (13.46%), and business and financial occupations (12.09%).
Of important note, Peninsula is also a village of artists. Peninsula has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Peninsula’s character.
Also of interest is that Peninsula has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Peninsula telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 26.65% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Peninsula is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Peninsula really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Peninsula perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Peninsula has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Peninsula a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small village, Peninsula doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Peninsula, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Peninsula is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 59.92% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Peninsula in 2022 was $63,534, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $254,136 for a family of four. However, Peninsula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Peninsula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Peninsula residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Peninsula include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Peninsula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
With more than 1.7% of residents living with a same sex partner, is truly a neighborhood that stands out from the rest in this regard. In fact, exclusive analysis by NeighborhoodScout reveals that this neighborhood has a greater concentration of same sex couples than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the neighborhood is considered a solid choice for executive lifestyles. NeighborhoodScout's analysis ranks it as better than 91.4% of Ohio neighborhoods for executive living, based on the wealthy, educated professionals, executives, and managers who choose to reside here, the spacious homes that are prominent features of the real estate in the neighborhood, and the high real estate appreciation rates found here relative to other neighborhoods in the state. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.5% have Croatian 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 Peninsula are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 82.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.6% 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 80.0% of America'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, 59.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (12.9%), and 7.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.2% of households.
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 Peninsula, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (22.6%), and residents who report English roots (14.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (13.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (9.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.9%) 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.