Deerfield is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,858 people and just one neighborhood, Deerfield is the 392nd largest community in Ohio.
When you are in Deerfield, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.32% of Deerfield’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Deerfield is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Deerfield who work in office and administrative support (12.01%), management occupations (11.19%), and sales jobs (10.96%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.66% 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.
Another notable thing is that Deerfield is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
The town 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, Deerfield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Deerfield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Deerfield, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.54 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Deerfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Deerfield with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.12% of adults in Deerfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Deerfield in 2022 was $29,810, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,240 for a family of four. However, Deerfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Deerfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deerfield residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Deerfield include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Deerfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 30.5%, which is higher than 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 7.1% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Deerfield are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.0% of U.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, 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.4%), and 18.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (8.6%).
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 Deerfield, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.1%), among others.
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 (40.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.