Roseville - Philo is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 4,543 people and just one neighborhood, Roseville - Philo is the 287th largest community in Ohio.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Roseville - Philo is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.56% of the Roseville - Philo workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Roseville - Philo is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Roseville - Philo who work in office and administrative support (8.53%), maintenance occupations (7.16%), and healthcare (6.93%).
One downside of living in Roseville - Philo, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.99 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Roseville - Philo have a very low rate of college education: just 8.52% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Roseville - Philo in 2022 was $26,767, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,068 for a family of four. However, Roseville - Philo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Roseville - Philo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roseville - Philo residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Roseville - Philo include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Roseville - Philo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
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 46.5% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.8% of American 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 Roseville - Philo are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.6% 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, 46.5% 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 22.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.5%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.9%).
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 Roseville - Philo, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report English roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.7%), along with some Welsh 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 (30.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.4%) 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 (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.