Bowersville is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 257 people and just one neighborhood, Bowersville is the 756th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Bowersville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bowersville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.67% of the Bowersville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bowersville is a village of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowersville who work in food service (9.63%), community and social services (8.15%), and personal care services (7.41%).
Also of interest is that Bowersville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One downside of living in Bowersville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.10 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small village, Bowersville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Bowersville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.28% of adults 25 and older in Bowersville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bowersville in 2022 was $25,522, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,088 for a family of four. However, Bowersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bowersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bowersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bowersville include German, Italian, English, French, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Bowersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Bowersville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.5% 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, 33.6% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.1%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Bowersville, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report English roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 (81.7%) 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.