McDermott is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 308 people and just one neighborhood, McDermott is the 739th largest community in Ohio. McDermott has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, McDermott is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McDermott is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McDermott who work in food service (64.29%), healthcare suport services (12.24%), and office and administrative support (0.00%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) McDermott has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. McDermott has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in McDermott than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, McDermott may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, McDermott doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of McDermott has a very low overall level of education: only 8.24% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in McDermott in 2022 was $17,508, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,032 for a family of four. However, McDermott contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call McDermott home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McDermott residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in McDermott include German, Irish, French Canadian, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in McDermott is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
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 McDermott, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 90.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 McDermott are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.6% 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, 34.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 34.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.5%), and 8.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
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 McDermott, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (12.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
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 (52.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.6%) 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.