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Gomer, OH

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Overview


Gomer is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 345 people and just one neighborhood, Gomer is the 725th largest community in Ohio. Gomer has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Gomer isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gomer are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gomer is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Gomer who work in office and administrative support (27.62%), management occupations (15.24%), and healthcare (12.38%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Gomer is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Gomer really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Gomer perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gomer has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gomer a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Gomer is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.33% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gomer in 2018 was $44,847, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $179,388 for a family of four. However, Gomer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gomer is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gomer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gomer residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Gomer include German, English, Swedish, Italian, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Gomer is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Portuguese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

Real Estate

One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 38.5% have German ancestry.

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 Gomer are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 28.8% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.4%), and 19.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Gomer, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report Italian roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.4%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (6.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (83.6%) 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 (8.8%) . 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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