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Eldorado - West Manchester, OH

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Overview


Eldorado - West Manchester is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,062 people and just one neighborhood, Eldorado - West Manchester is the 456th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Eldorado - West Manchester was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Eldorado - West Manchester, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.77% of Eldorado - West Manchester’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Eldorado - West Manchester is a town of professionals, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Eldorado - West Manchester who work in management occupations (13.47%), healthcare (10.17%), and office and administrative support (8.89%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Eldorado - West Manchester is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Eldorado - West Manchester really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Eldorado - West Manchester perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small town, Eldorado - West Manchester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Eldorado - West Manchester who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.70% of the adults in Eldorado - West Manchester have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Eldorado - West Manchester in 2018 was $34,172, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,688 for a family of four. However, Eldorado - West Manchester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Eldorado - West Manchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

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 12.8% 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.

Real Estate

Do you watch 'This Old House' on Public Television? Do you love the idea of fixing up a Colonial or Victorian era home, complete with the charm of yesteryear? Do you like to stroll or drive streets lined with gracious older residences? If you found yourself nodding yes to any of these questions, you are going to be interested in this unique neighborhood. The neighborhood stands out on a national scale for the sheer concentration of historic residences it contains: 57.1% of the residential real estate here was built from 1939 or earlier, some much earlier. This is a greater concentration of historic homes than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Eldorado - West Manchester are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 38.7% 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 36.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.0%), and 10.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Eldorado - West Manchester, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report English roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.7%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.1%) 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 (11.8%) . 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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