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.

Niles is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%).

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.44 minutes getting to work every day.

Niles is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 97.5% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Niles.

Niles is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Niles Information and Demographics

In Niles, just 11.50% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

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.