Leipsic is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,176 people and just one neighborhood, Leipsic is the 445th largest community in Ohio.
When you are in Leipsic, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.05% of Leipsic’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Leipsic is a village of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leipsic who work in office and administrative support (9.50%), management occupations (6.39%), and food service (5.21%).
The percentage of people in Leipsic with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Leipsic in 2022 was $26,154, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,616 for a family of four. However, Leipsic contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Leipsic is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Leipsic home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leipsic residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Leipsic also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.81% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Leipsic include German, English, Irish, Swiss, and Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Leipsic is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 9.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Ohio. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
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, 41.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 Leipsic are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.9% 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, 40.7% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.2%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (17.8%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Leipsic, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.4%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (21.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (2.9%).
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.1%) 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 (10.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.