Oxford - Otterbein is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,336 people and just one neighborhood, Oxford - Otterbein is the 174th largest community in Indiana. Oxford - Otterbein has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oxford - Otterbein is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.35% of the Oxford - Otterbein workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Oxford - Otterbein is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oxford - Otterbein who work in office and administrative support (11.76%), sales jobs (11.42%), and management occupations (9.42%).
As is often the case in a small town, Oxford - Otterbein doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Oxford - Otterbein with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.87% of adults in Oxford - Otterbein have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oxford - Otterbein in 2022 was $28,931, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,724 for a family of four. However, Oxford - Otterbein contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oxford - Otterbein home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oxford - Otterbein residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oxford - Otterbein include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Oxford - Otterbein is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.3% have Welsh ancestry.
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 Oxford - Otterbein are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 35.4% 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 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.1%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.
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 Oxford - Otterbein, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report English roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
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 (37.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (87.9%) 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 (8.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.