Tallmadge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 18,412 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tallmadge is the 101st largest community in Ohio.Tallmadge is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Tallmadge is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tallmadge who work in sales jobs (26.13%), healthcare (21.62%), and personal care services (18.92%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.13% 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. Because of many things, Tallmadge is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Tallmadge really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Tallmadge perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One of the benefits of Tallmadge is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.73 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Tallmadge is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Tallmadge ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Tallmadge, 43.09% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Tallmadge in 2022 was $27,165, 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 $108,660 for a family of four. However, Tallmadge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tallmadge also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 57.81% of its population below the federal poverty line.Tallmadge is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tallmadge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tallmadge residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Tallmadge include Czech, Italian, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Tallmadge's cultural character, accounting for 15.61% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Tallmadge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Serbo-Croatian.
