Ladoga is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,084 people and just one neighborhood, Ladoga is the 313th largest community in Indiana.
When you are in Ladoga, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.66% of Ladoga’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ladoga is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ladoga who work in office and administrative support (9.25%), healthcare (8.86%), and maintenance occupations (8.48%).
Because of many things, Ladoga is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Ladoga really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Ladoga perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
As is often the case in a small town, Ladoga doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Ladoga is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.45% of adults 25 and older in Ladoga have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ladoga in 2022 was $26,651, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,604 for a family of four. However, Ladoga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ladoga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ladoga residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ladoga include German, Irish, English, French, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Ladoga 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.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.9% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Indiana. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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 Ladoga are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.8% of America'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, 36.0% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
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 Ladoga, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report English roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.6%), 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 (39.2% 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 (7.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.