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Ovid, MI

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Overview


Ovid is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,487 people and just one neighborhood, Ovid is the 408th largest community in Michigan. Ovid has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Occupations and Workforce

Ovid is a blue-collar town, with 41.17% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ovid is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ovid who work in office and administrative support (15.82%), sales jobs (5.38%), and healthcare suport services (5.38%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.72% 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

Ovid 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.

Demographics

The population of Ovid has a very low overall level of education: only 9.61% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Ovid in 2022 was $23,867, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,468 for a family of four. However, Ovid contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 0.7% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Ovid are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 47.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.9% 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, 34.3% 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 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.2%), and 15.9% 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 97.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Ovid, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report Italian roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.3%), along with some Romanian ancestry residents (7.5%), 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 (40.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.9%) 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 (5.4%) . 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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