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McArthur - Hamden, OH

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Overview


McArthur - Hamden is a somewhat small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 5,107 people and just one neighborhood, McArthur - Hamden is the 265th largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

McArthur - Hamden is a blue-collar town, with 38.27% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, McArthur - Hamden is a town of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McArthur - Hamden who work in office and administrative support (10.51%), teaching (10.23%), and healthcare (9.64%).

A relatively large number of people in McArthur - Hamden telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.02% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

In McArthur - Hamden, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.89 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in McArthur - Hamden with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.81% of adults in McArthur - Hamden have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in McArthur - Hamden in 2022 was $26,092, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,368 for a family of four. However, McArthur - Hamden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in McArthur - Hamden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 2.2% have British 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 McArthur - Hamden are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.3% 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, 38.3% 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 35.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.8%), and 11.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% 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 McArthur - Hamden, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.9%), and residents who report English roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.3%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (27.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (7.5%) . 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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