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West Liberty, OH

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Overview


West Liberty is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,759 people and just one neighborhood, West Liberty is the 482nd largest community in Ohio. West Liberty 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

West Liberty is a blue-collar town, with 38.95% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, West Liberty is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Liberty who work in management occupations (13.95%), sales jobs (7.87%), and office and administrative support (7.73%).

Also of interest is that West Liberty has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

West Liberty’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Being a small village, West Liberty does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of West Liberty rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.18% of adults 25 and older in West Liberty have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in West Liberty in 2018 was $28,212, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,848 for a family of four. However, West Liberty contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in West Liberty is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in OH, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.4% of the neighborhoods in Ohio. If you are considering retiring to Ohio, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents 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 West Liberty are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.9% 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 75.8% 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, 33.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 33.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.9%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.

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 West Liberty, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.9%) 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 (5.2%) . 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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