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Kilbourne, OH

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Overview


Kilbourne is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 127 people and just one neighborhood, Kilbourne is the 808th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Kilbourne was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Kilbourne real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although Kilbourne house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Kilbourne is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Kilbourne is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kilbourne who work in office and administrative support (55.56%), maintenance occupations (44.44%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 55.56% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Kilbourne’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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!) Kilbourne 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. Kilbourne has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kilbourne than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kilbourne may be for you.

As is often the case in a small town, Kilbourne doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Kilbourne ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The people who call Kilbourne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kilbourne residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Kilbourne include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

The most common language spoken in Kilbourne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Ohio. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.2% 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. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees and highly educated executives.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.8% have Romanian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Kilbourne are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.9% 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, 45.2% 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 20.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 17.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Kilbourne, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (23.3%), and residents who report English roots (18.1%), and some of the residents are also of Slovak ancestry (4.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (65.2%) 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 (9.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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