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Alger - McGuffey, OH

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Overview


Alger - McGuffey is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 4,127 people and just one neighborhood, Alger - McGuffey is the 304th largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

Alger - McGuffey is a blue-collar town, with 46.69% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Alger - McGuffey is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Alger - McGuffey who work in food service (7.70%), management occupations (7.70%), and sales jobs (7.16%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small town, Alger - McGuffey does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Alger - McGuffey has a very low overall level of education: only 9.15% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Alger - McGuffey in 2018 was $24,436, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,744 for a family of four. However, Alger - McGuffey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Alger - McGuffey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Alger - McGuffey, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 36 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Alger - McGuffey are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 46.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.3%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Alger - McGuffey, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (3.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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