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Greenwich, OH

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Overview


Greenwich is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,389 people and just one neighborhood, Greenwich is the 525th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Greenwich was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Greenwich is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.38% of the Greenwich workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Greenwich is a village of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenwich who work in office and administrative support (14.67%), healthcare (7.26%), and personal care services (5.84%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Greenwich who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.23% of the adults in Greenwich have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greenwich in 2018 was $27,506, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,024 for a family of four. However, Greenwich contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.4% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.9% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Significantly, 7.6% 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 99.4% 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 Greenwich are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.4% 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 54.8% 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, 44.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.3%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.5% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (7.6%).

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 Greenwich, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (15.4%) . 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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