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.

Girard is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Girard, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.03% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Girard Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Girard is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 16.14% of adults 25 and older 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.