South Webster is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 652 people and just one neighborhood, South Webster is the 634th largest community in Ohio.
Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, South Webster is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Webster is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in South Webster who work in sales jobs (16.90%), office and administrative support (15.07%), and community and social services (13.70%).
Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, South Webster is worth considering.
South Webster is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in South Webster who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.35% of the adults in South Webster have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in South Webster in 2022 was $31,143, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,572 for a family of four. However, South Webster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call South Webster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Webster residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Webster include Irish, German, English, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in South Webster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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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 South Webster are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 43.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 35.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.7%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
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 South Webster, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report German roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.9%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (82.7%) 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 (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.