East Rochester is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 224 people and just one neighborhood, East Rochester is the 772nd largest community in Ohio.
East Rochester is a blue-collar town, with 68.42% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, East Rochester is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in East Rochester who work in personal care services (31.58%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 31.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
East Rochester’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) East Rochester 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. East Rochester has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in East Rochester than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, East Rochester may be for you.
One downside of living in East Rochester, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.50 minutes every day commuting to work.
East Rochester is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
East Rochester ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in East Rochester in 2022 was $17,907, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,628 for a family of four.
The people who call East Rochester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Rochester residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in East Rochester include Swiss, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in East Rochester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 3.5% have Scots-Irish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.1% 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 96.1% 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 East Rochester are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.5% of U.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, 29.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.8%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 East Rochester, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.4%), and residents who report English roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.3%), 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 (35.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.