Fletcher is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 457 people and just one neighborhood, Fletcher is the 685th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Fletcher was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Fletcher is a blue-collar town, with 38.79% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Fletcher is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fletcher who work in sales jobs (12.93%), office and administrative support (7.33%), and management occupations (7.33%).
Because of many things, Fletcher 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, Fletcher really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Fletcher 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 village, Fletcher doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Fletcher ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fletcher in 2022 was $41,564, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,256 for a family of four. However, Fletcher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fletcher home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fletcher residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Fletcher include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Fletcher is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Ohio. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.5% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Ohio. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fletcher are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.2% of U.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, 31.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.8%), and 16.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% 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 Fletcher, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.4%), 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 (48.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.2%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.