About Terrace Park

Terrace Park is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,273 people and just one neighborhood, Terrace Park is the 514th largest community in Ohio.

Terrace Park is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 94.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Terrace Park is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Terrace Park who work in management occupations (20.82%), sales jobs (17.53%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.36%).

Also of interest is that Terrace Park 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 homes - 8.47% 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.

In addition, Terrace Park 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, Terrace Park 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, Terrace Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Terrace Park 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.

As is often the case in a small village, Terrace Park doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Terrace Park Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Terrace Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Terrace Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 71.01% 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 Terrace Park in 2000 was $42,391, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,564 for a family of four. However, Terrace Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Terrace Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Terrace Park is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Terrace Park include German, English, Irish, British, and European.

The most common language spoken in Terrace Park is English.