Williamsport - New Holland is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,403 people and just one neighborhood, Williamsport - New Holland is the 367th largest community in Ohio. Williamsport - New Holland has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Williamsport - New Holland is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Williamsport - New Holland is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Williamsport - New Holland who work in management occupations (16.85%), office and administrative support (11.76%), and healthcare (7.05%).
One downside of living in Williamsport - New Holland is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Williamsport - New Holland, the average commute to work is 32.54 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in Williamsport - New Holland with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.35% of adults in Williamsport - New Holland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Williamsport - New Holland in 2022 was $32,854, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,416 for a family of four. However, Williamsport - New Holland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Williamsport - New Holland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Williamsport - New Holland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Williamsport - New Holland include German, Irish, English, French, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Williamsport - New Holland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Williamsport - New Holland, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry.
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 Williamsport - New Holland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 40.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.4% 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, 34.1% 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 33.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.5%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).
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 Williamsport - New Holland, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.