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Rawson, OH

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Overview


Rawson is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 560 people and just one neighborhood, Rawson is the 653rd largest community in Ohio. Rawson has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

Occupations and Workforce

Rawson is a blue-collar town, with 40.26% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Rawson is a village of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rawson who work in maintenance occupations (19.81%), food service (9.42%), and healthcare suport services (6.49%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small village, Rawson doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Rawson has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.06% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Rawson in 2018 was $20,827, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,308 for a family of four. However, Rawson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

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 43 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

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 14.8% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 3.3% have Swiss ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rawson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 32.6% 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 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.6%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.

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 Rawson, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.9%), and residents who report Hungarian roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.0%), 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 (48.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (9.1%) . 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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