South Webster is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 652 people and just one neighborhood, South Webster is the 634th largest community in Ohio.
When you are in South Webster, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.67% of South Webster’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, South Webster is a village of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Webster who work in teaching (10.67%), management occupations (10.00%), and community and social services (9.00%).
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!) South Webster 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. South Webster has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in South Webster than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, South Webster may be for you.
South Webster is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of South Webster citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.21% of adults 25 and older in South Webster have a college degree.
The per capita income in South Webster in 2022 was $33,048, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,192 for a family of four. However, South Webster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call South Webster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Webster residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Webster include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in South Webster 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 South Webster, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 South Webster are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.0% of U.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, 37.9% 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 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.8%), and 13.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
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 South Webster, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.5%).
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (87.9%) 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 (6.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.