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Ada, OH
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Living in Ada



Ada is a somewhat small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 5,261 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Ada is the 259th largest community in Ohio.

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.69% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Ada is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Ada area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Ada maintain a good economy.

Overall, Ada’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

One of the benefits of Ada is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.66 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.

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

The citizens of Ada are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.86% of adults in Ada have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ada in 2018 was $18,535, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,140 for a family of four. However, Ada contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ada is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Ada home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ada residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ada include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Ada is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.