Grand Rapids - Tontogany is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,467 people and just one neighborhood, Grand Rapids - Tontogany is the 352nd largest community in Ohio.
Unlike some towns, Grand Rapids - Tontogany isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Grand Rapids - Tontogany are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grand Rapids - Tontogany is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Rapids - Tontogany who work in management occupations (10.74%), office and administrative support (8.62%), and healthcare (7.85%).
In addition, Grand Rapids - Tontogany is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Grand Rapids - Tontogany 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 town’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, Grand Rapids - Tontogany’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Being a small town, Grand Rapids - Tontogany does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Grand Rapids - Tontogany is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.07% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Grand Rapids - Tontogany in 2022 was $38,037, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,148 for a family of four. However, Grand Rapids - Tontogany contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Grand Rapids - Tontogany home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Rapids - Tontogany residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Grand Rapids - Tontogany include German, Irish, French, English, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Grand Rapids - Tontogany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Grand Rapids - Tontogany, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 91.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Ohio. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 13.0% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Grand Rapids - Tontogany 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. In addition, 3.1% 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 71.1% of America'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, 35.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (7.9%).
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 Grand Rapids - Tontogany, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report French roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.9%), along with some Hungarian ancestry residents (9.3%), 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 (50.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.2%) 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.