Leetonia is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,785 people and two associated neighborhoods, Leetonia is the 478th largest community in Ohio. Leetonia has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.Leetonia is a blue-collar town, with 36.85% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Leetonia is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leetonia who work in office and administrative support (10.76%), healthcare (8.95%), and sales jobs (8.31%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. 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!) Leetonia 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. Leetonia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Leetonia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Leetonia may be for you. As is often the case in a small village, Leetonia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, the citizens of Leetonia rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.07% of adults 25 and older in Leetonia 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 Leetonia in 2022 was $31,894, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,576 for a family of four. However, Leetonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Leetonia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leetonia residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Leetonia include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Slovak. The most common language spoken in Leetonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
