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Stryker, OH

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Overview


Stryker is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,242 people and just one neighborhood, Stryker is the 544th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Stryker was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Stryker is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.39% of the Stryker workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Stryker is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stryker who work in office and administrative support (14.76%), food service (9.76%), and management occupations (7.57%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Stryker is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Stryker a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Stryker has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Stryker’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Stryker is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.01% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Stryker in 2018 was $28,697, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,788 for a family of four. However, Stryker contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Stryker is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Stryker home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stryker residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Stryker also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.75% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stryker include German, Irish, Welsh, French, and English.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

Of particular note, 15.4% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

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 Stryker are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.7% 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 59.5% 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, 34.4% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).

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 Stryker, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.0%), and residents who report English roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (83.8%) 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 (10.8%) . 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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