About Dry Run

Dry Run is a somewhat small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 6,485 people and just one neighborhood, Dry Run is the 269th largest community in Ohio.

Dry Run is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.37% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dry Run is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dry Run who work in management occupations (18.25%), sales jobs (14.90%), and business and financial occupations (9.82%).

Also of interest is that Dry Run has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Dry Run is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Dry Run is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Dry Run's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Dry Run is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Dry Run, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.43% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Dry Run is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Dry Run Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Dry Run, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Dry Run is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.34% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Dry Run in 2000 was $39,552, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,208 for a family of four. However, Dry Run contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Dry Run home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dry Run is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dry Run include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Dry Run is English.