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!) Atwater 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. Atwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Atwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Atwater may be for you.
One downside of living in Atwater is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Atwater, the average commute to work is 32.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Atwater doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Atwater is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.43% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Atwater in 2022 was $26,595, which is low income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,380 for a family of four. However, Atwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Atwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atwater residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Atwater include German, Irish, French, Scottish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Atwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
