Parma is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 79,358 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Parma is the seventh largest community in Ohio.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Parma is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Parma is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Parma who work in office and administrative support (15.27%), sales jobs (10.37%), and management occupations (8.35%). Also of interest is that Parma 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: 8.88% 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. The education level of Parma citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.86% of adults in Parma have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Parma in 2022 was $34,487, 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 $137,948 for a family of four. However, Parma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Parma is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Parma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Parma residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Parma include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Parma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.
