Niles is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 20,930 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Niles is the 83rd largest community in Ohio.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Niles is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Niles is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Niles who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.65%), sales jobs (13.06%), and food service (6.24%).

One of the benefits of Niles is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.44 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.

Residents of Niles by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.5% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Niles may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

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

Niles Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Niles with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.50% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Niles in 2000 was $19,441, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,764 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Niles is English.