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Wharton, OH

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Overview


Wharton is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 321 people and just one neighborhood, Wharton is the 731st largest community in Ohio. Wharton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Wharton is a blue-collar town, with 60.94% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Wharton is a village of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wharton who work in office and administrative support (13.02%), food service (5.73%), and sales jobs (5.21%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Wharton 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 village’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, Wharton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Wharton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Wharton, the average commute to work is 30.87 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Wharton 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.

Demographics

The citizens of Wharton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.78% of adults in Wharton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Wharton in 2018 was $21,782, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,128 for a family of four. However, Wharton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wharton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wharton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Wharton include German, English, Irish, Turkish, and Scottish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Ohio. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

The Neighbors

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The neighbors in the neighborhood in Wharton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.8% 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 76.0% of America's neighborhoods.

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In the neighborhood, 36.3% 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 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 (20.0%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Wharton, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report English roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (41.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.3%) 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 (6.4%) . 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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