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West Salem, OH

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Overview


West Salem is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,434 people and just one neighborhood, West Salem is the 522nd largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in West Salem, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 49.27% of West Salem’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, West Salem is a village of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Salem who work in sales jobs (17.62%), office and administrative support (8.48%), and teaching (3.84%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, West Salem has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes West Salem a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

West Salem 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 population of West Salem has a very low overall level of education: only 7.27% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in West Salem in 2018 was $30,767, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,068 for a family of four. However, West Salem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 West Salem, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 46.4% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.8% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 2.4% have Hungarian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 West Salem are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.5% 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 57.3% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 46.4% 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 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish, Italian and Polish.

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 West Salem, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.6%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (6.2%), 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 (34.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.6%) 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 (9.5%) . 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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