Hooven is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 464 people and just one neighborhood, Hooven is the 680th largest community in Ohio.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hooven is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hooven is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hooven who work in sales jobs (32.00%), food service (11.11%), and teaching (8.44%).
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!) Hooven 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. Hooven has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hooven than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hooven may be for you.
Hooven 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.
The percentage of adults in Hooven with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.80% of adults in Hooven have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hooven in 2022 was $26,050, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,200 for a family of four. However, Hooven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hooven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hooven residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hooven include German, Irish, Scots-Irish, English, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Hooven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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.
The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 62.1% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (27.8%) than in 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.0% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 23.3% have Irish ancestry.
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 Hooven are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.4% 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, 32.4% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.2%), and 17.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.5%).
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 Hooven, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (23.3%), and residents who report English roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 (48.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (63.8%) 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 (27.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.