About Waite Hill

Waite Hill is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 451 people and just one neighborhood, Waite Hill is the 681st largest community in Ohio. Waite Hill has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Waite Hill is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 92.20% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Waite Hill is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waite Hill who work in management occupations (23.85%), business and financial occupations (10.55%), and legal occupations (8.26%).

Of important note, Waite Hill is also a village of artists. Waite Hill has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Waite Hill's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.87% 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, Waite Hill is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Waite Hill is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Waite Hill a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Waite Hill has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Waite Hill's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Waite Hill Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Waite Hill, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Waite Hill is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.22% 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 Waite Hill in 2000 was $61,408, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $245,632 for a family of four. However, Waite Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Waite Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Waite Hill is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Waite Hill include English, German, Irish, Italian, Slovene, Scottish, Welsh, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Waite Hill is English.