Girard is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 11,150 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Girard is the 180th largest community in Ohio.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Girard is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Girard is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Girard who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.87%), sales jobs (11.95%), and food service (6.26%).

One of the benefits of Girard is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.80 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Girard is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Girard isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.03% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, Girard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Girard Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Girard who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 16.14% of the adults in Girard have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Girard in 2000 was $17,077, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,308 for a family of four.

The people who call Girard home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Girard is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Girard include Italian, German, Irish, English, Polish, and Slovak.

The most common language spoken in Girard is English.