New Straitsville - Shawnee is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,599 people and just one neighborhood, New Straitsville - Shawnee is the 412th largest community in Ohio. New Straitsville - Shawnee has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in New Straitsville - Shawnee, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.61% of New Straitsville - Shawnee’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, New Straitsville - Shawnee is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in New Straitsville - Shawnee who work in office and administrative support (12.43%), food service (6.38%), and management occupations (5.31%).
One downside of living in New Straitsville - Shawnee, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.98 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
New Straitsville - Shawnee is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In New Straitsville - Shawnee, just 10.18% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in New Straitsville - Shawnee in 2022 was $23,898, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,592 for a family of four. However, New Straitsville - Shawnee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Straitsville - Shawnee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Straitsville - Shawnee residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Straitsville - Shawnee include German, Irish, English, Hungarian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in New Straitsville - Shawnee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 51.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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 46.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.0% of American neighborhoods.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 10.3% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 1.0% have Canadian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in New Straitsville - Shawnee are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.8% of U.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, 46.9% 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 19.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.5%), and 15.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% 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 New Straitsville - Shawnee, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report English roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of Hungarian ancestry (4.0%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (47.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (10.3%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (88.6%) 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 (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.