Grand River is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 394 people and just one neighborhood, Grand River is the 713th largest community in Ohio. Grand River has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Grand River is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Grand River is a village of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand River who work in sales jobs (17.00%), office and administrative support (15.44%), and food service (8.95%).
It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Grand River 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. Grand River has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Grand River than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Grand River may be for you.
As is often the case in a small village, Grand River doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Grand River who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.32% of the adults in Grand River have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Grand River in 2022 was $40,956, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,824 for a family of four. However, Grand River contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Grand River home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand River residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grand River include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Grand River is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
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 River, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you are planning to retire in Ohio, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Ohio, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.7% of neighborhoods in OH. If a Ohio retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 1.6% have Slovak ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.7% 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 97.5% 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 Grand River are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 24.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.0% of U.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, 33.9% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.5%), and 13.1% 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 96.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
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 River, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (17.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (11.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.5%), among others.
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 (38.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.0%) 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 (5.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.