Fort Recovery is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,478 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Recovery is the 512th largest community in Ohio.
Fort Recovery real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although Fort Recovery house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fort Recovery is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.21% of the Fort Recovery workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Fort Recovery is a village of professionals, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Recovery who work in healthcare (12.41%), office and administrative support (7.15%), and management occupations (6.85%).
Also of interest is that Fort Recovery has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Fort Recovery is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Fort Recovery’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Fort Recovery is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Fort Recovery is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.28% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Fort Recovery in 2022 was $30,407, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,628 for a family of four. However, Fort Recovery contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fort Recovery home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Recovery residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Fort Recovery include German, French, Irish, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Fort Recovery is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Ohio. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 98.7% 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.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 39.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 63.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Fort Recovery are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 75.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.7% 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 79.7% 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, 37.4% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.8%), and 13.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Fort Recovery, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (63.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (3.8%), and residents who report English roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.0%).
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.6%) 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 (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.