Kelleys Island is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 258 people and just one neighborhood, Kelleys Island is the 758th largest community in Ohio.
Kelleys Island real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although Kelleys Island house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Kelleys Island is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kelleys Island is a village of managers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kelleys Island who work in management occupations (31.33%), business and financial occupations (15.66%), and sales jobs (12.05%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 20.48% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Another notable thing is that Kelleys Island is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the village experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller village.
Because of many things, Kelleys Island is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Kelleys Island a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Kelleys Island has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Kelleys Island’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kelleys Island has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kelleys Island has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kelleys Island than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kelleys Island may be for you.
One of the benefits of Kelleys Island is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.61 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small village, Kelleys Island does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Kelleys Island ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Kelleys Island, 43.06% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Kelleys Island in 2022 was $67,176, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $268,704 for a family of four.
The people who call Kelleys Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kelleys Island residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Kelleys Island include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Kelleys Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
In the neighborhood, 1.5% of people ride a ferry to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of ferry ridership than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you are planning to retire in Ohio, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Ohio, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.9% of neighborhoods in OH. If a Ohio retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 34.4%, which is higher than 96.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 37.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Kelleys Island are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.1% 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 64.4% of America'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, 42.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 8.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 95.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Vietnamese.
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 Kelleys Island, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.9%) 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 (5.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.