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East Canton, OH

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Overview


East Canton is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,509 people and just one neighborhood, East Canton is the 507th largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, East Canton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in East Canton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Canton is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Canton who work in office and administrative support (15.33%), healthcare (11.39%), and sales jobs (8.30%).

Of important note, East Canton is also a village of artists. East Canton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape East Canton’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The citizens of East Canton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.70% of adults in East Canton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in East Canton in 2022 was $31,465, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,860 for a family of four. However, East Canton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call East Canton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Canton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Canton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in East Canton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 0.4% have Yugoslav ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 East Canton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 10.1% 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 50.4% of America'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, 35.9% 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 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.9%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (7.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 East Canton, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report English roots (10.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (53.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

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 (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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