Atwater is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 776 people and two associated neighborhoods, Atwater is the 612th largest community in Ohio.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Atwater is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 52.26% of the Atwater workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Atwater is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Atwater who work in sales jobs (11.64%), healthcare suport services (9.03%), and office and administrative support (6.18%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Atwater. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Atwater has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. 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!) Atwater 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. Atwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Atwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Atwater may be for you. One downside of living in Atwater, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.35 minutes every day commuting to work. Atwater 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.In Atwater, just 10.43% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Atwater in 2022 was $26,595, which is low income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,380 for a family of four. However, Atwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Atwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atwater residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Atwater include German, Irish, French, Scottish, and English. The most common language spoken in Atwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
