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New Concord, OH

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Overview


New Concord is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,389 people and just one neighborhood, New Concord is the 430th largest community in Ohio. New Concord has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

Occupations and Workforce

New Concord is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 85.68% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, New Concord is a village of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Concord who work in teaching (13.49%), management occupations (13.16%), and food service (10.32%).

Also of interest is that New Concord has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

New Concord’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Demographics

The citizens of New Concord are among the most well-educated in the nation: 49.72% of adults in New Concord have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in New Concord in 2022 was $24,688, 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 $98,752 for a family of four. However, New Concord contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call New Concord home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Concord residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Concord include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

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

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.

People

An extraordinary 21.4% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.

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 2.7% 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.

The Neighbors

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 New Concord are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 52.2% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 34.8% 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 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.2%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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 New Concord, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (9.9%) and 7.7% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. 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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