Wintersville is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,706 people and just one neighborhood, Wintersville is the 330th largest community in Ohio.
Unlike some villages, Wintersville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wintersville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wintersville is a village of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wintersville who work in management occupations (21.86%), office and administrative support (13.34%), and maintenance occupations (8.77%).
Also of interest is that Wintersville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.34% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
As is often the case in a small village, Wintersville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Wintersville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.79% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wintersville in 2022 was $34,632, 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 $138,528 for a family of four. However, Wintersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Wintersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wintersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wintersville include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Wintersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Wintersville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 5.1% have Scottish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Wintersville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 45.7% 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 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.1%), and 11.8% 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 98.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Wintersville, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (12.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.3%) 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.