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Lordstown, OH

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Overview


Lordstown is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,318 people and just one neighborhood, Lordstown is the 363rd largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lordstown is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.81% of the Lordstown workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lordstown is a village of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lordstown who work in healthcare (9.92%), management occupations (9.45%), and office and administrative support (7.46%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The village 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, Lordstown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lordstown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Demographics

The citizens of Lordstown are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.42% of adults in Lordstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Lordstown in 2018 was $29,773, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,092 for a family of four. However, Lordstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 Lordstown, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 42.0% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.4% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 8.7% have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.6% 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 Lordstown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.1% 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 67.7% of America'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, 42.0% 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 37.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (11.2%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (9.2%).

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 Lordstown, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report English roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (8.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.6%), 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 (45.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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