Jeffersonville is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,242 people and just one neighborhood, Jeffersonville is the 546th largest community in Ohio.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Jeffersonville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.63% of the Jeffersonville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Jeffersonville is a village of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jeffersonville who work in management occupations (8.31%), sales jobs (6.60%), and teaching (6.60%).
Also of interest is that Jeffersonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small village, Jeffersonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Jeffersonville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.33% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Jeffersonville in 2022 was $21,392, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,568 for a family of four. However, Jeffersonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jeffersonville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Jeffersonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jeffersonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jeffersonville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Jeffersonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Jeffersonville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.5% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of all American neighborhoods.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 33 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.2% of America.
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 Jeffersonville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.4% of U.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, 36.5% 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 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.8%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
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 Jeffersonville, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report English roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.9%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
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 (30.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.5%) 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 (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.