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Mount Victory, OH

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Overview


Mount Victory is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 595 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Victory is the 648th largest community in Ohio. Mount Victory has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mount Victory is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.25% of the Mount Victory workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Mount Victory is a village of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Victory who work in sales jobs (9.04%), law enforcement and fire fighting (9.04%), and food service (7.23%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Mount Victory is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mount Victory is worth considering.

One downside of living in Mount Victory is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mount Victory, the average commute to work is 30.37 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small village, Mount Victory does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Mount Victory has a very low overall level of education: only 9.03% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Mount Victory in 2022 was $27,054, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,216 for a family of four. However, Mount Victory contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Mount Victory home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Victory residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Victory include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Belgian.

The most common language spoken in Mount Victory is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 36 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.6% of America.

People

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 12.4% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 20.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% 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 Mount Victory are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 44.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.2% 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 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.0%), and 10.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.5% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (20.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Mount Victory, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.7%).

Getting to Work

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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (78.8%) 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 (7.8%) . 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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