About South Russell

South Russell is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 4,022 people and just one neighborhood, South Russell is the 353rd largest community in Ohio.

South Russell is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.27% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, South Russell is a village of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Russell who work in management occupations (24.37%), sales jobs (15.44%), and teaching (10.53%).

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

In addition, South Russell 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.

Because of many things, South Russell is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, South Russell really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is South Russell perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

South Russell is very much a car-oriented village. This is because the population of South Russell 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. 97.27% 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 village, South Russell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

South Russell Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in South Russell. 65.81% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in South Russell in 2000 was $41,091, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,364 for a family of four. However, South Russell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in South Russell is English.