Phillipsburg is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 494 people and just one neighborhood, Phillipsburg is the 670th largest community in Ohio. Phillipsburg has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Phillipsburg is a blue-collar town, with 51.89% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Phillipsburg is a village of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Phillipsburg who work in office and administrative support (11.32%), teaching (8.02%), and maintenance occupations (6.13%).
Because of many things, Phillipsburg is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Phillipsburg 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, Phillipsburg has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Phillipsburg’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Phillipsburg is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Phillipsburg with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.44% of adults in Phillipsburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Phillipsburg in 2022 was $33,022, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,088 for a family of four. However, Phillipsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Phillipsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Phillipsburg residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Phillipsburg include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Phillipsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Phillipsburg is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in OH, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in Ohio. If you are considering retiring to Ohio, this is a good neighborhood to look at. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 1.3% have Swiss 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 Phillipsburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.2% 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, 38.6% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.
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 Phillipsburg, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.0%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.9%) 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 (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.