Rockford - Mendon is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,629 people and just one neighborhood, Rockford - Mendon is the 338th largest community in Ohio. Rockford - Mendon has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rockford - Mendon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.90% of the Rockford - Mendon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Rockford - Mendon is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockford - Mendon who work in sales jobs (8.95%), management occupations (6.99%), and farm management occupations (5.58%).
Also of interest is that Rockford - Mendon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Rockford - Mendon is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Rockford - Mendon’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
The citizens of Rockford - Mendon are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.59% of adults in Rockford - Mendon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Rockford - Mendon in 2018 was $29,986, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,944 for a family of four. However, Rockford - Mendon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rockford - Mendon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockford - Mendon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockford - Mendon include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Rockford - Mendon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Rockford - Mendon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 5.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 40 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.0% of America.
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 12.9% 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. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 40.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.3% have Romanian ancestry.
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 Rockford - Mendon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 3.4% 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 70.6% 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, 41.3% 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 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 5.6% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households.
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 Rockford - Mendon, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.2%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.3%) 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.
