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Lordstown, OH

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Overview


Lordstown is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,318 people and just one neighborhood, Lordstown is the 363rd largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Lordstown, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.81% of Lordstown’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lordstown is a village of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lordstown who work in healthcare (9.92%), management occupations (9.45%), and office and administrative support (7.46%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Lordstown rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.42% of adults 25 and older in Lordstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Lordstown in 2022 was $29,773, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,092 for a family of four. However, Lordstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lordstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lordstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lordstown include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Lordstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 8.7% have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.2% 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 97.6% 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 Lordstown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.1% 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 67.7% of America'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, 42.0% 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 37.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (11.2%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (9.2%).

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 Lordstown, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report English roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (8.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.6%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.1%) 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.


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