Magnetic Springs is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 280 people and just one neighborhood, Magnetic Springs is the 753rd largest community in Ohio. Magnetic Springs has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Magnetic Springs is a blue-collar town, with 44.38% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Magnetic Springs is a village of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Magnetic Springs who work in office and administrative support (9.38%), food service (9.38%), and sales jobs (7.50%).
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Magnetic Springs has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Magnetic Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Magnetic Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Magnetic Springs may be for you.
Being a small village, Magnetic Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Magnetic Springs with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.84% of adults in Magnetic Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Magnetic Springs in 2022 was $28,310, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,240 for a family of four. However, Magnetic Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Magnetic Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Magnetic Springs residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Magnetic Springs include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Magnetic Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Magnetic Springs, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Ohio. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Significantly, 6.8% 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 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Magnetic Springs are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.3% 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 63.6% 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, 33.5% 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 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.5%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Magnetic Springs, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
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 (37.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.9%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.