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Gambier, OH

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Overview


Gambier is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,330 people and just one neighborhood, Gambier is the 441st largest community in Ohio.

Occupations and Workforce

Gambier is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 92.68% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Gambier is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gambier who work in teaching (16.21%), sales jobs (13.57%), and food service (13.57%).

Of important note, Gambier is also a village of artists. Gambier has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Gambier’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.75% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

For a small village, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Gambier. This is not typical for smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Gambier.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Gambier spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.45 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small village, Gambier doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

If knowledge is power, Gambier is a pretty powerful place. 77.43% of the adults in Gambier have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Gambier in 2022 was $15,429, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,716 for a family of four. However, Gambier contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gambier is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Gambier home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gambier residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gambier include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Gambier is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 36.5% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 99.5% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!

People

NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 53.7% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.

In addition, one of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 1.9% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Ohio. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.

Also, of particular note, 3.4% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 64.7% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. In the neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 95.9% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Gambier are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.9% 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, 44.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.4%), and 10.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Gambier, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report English roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.3%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (64.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (47.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (36.5%) . 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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