Pioneer is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,413 people and just one neighborhood, Pioneer is the 524th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Pioneer was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Unlike some villages, Pioneer isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pioneer are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pioneer is a village of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pioneer who work in sales jobs (11.31%), teaching (9.80%), and food service (9.65%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pioneer spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.34 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small village, Pioneer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Pioneer citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.87% of adults 25 and older in Pioneer have a college degree.
The per capita income in Pioneer in 2022 was $23,963, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,852 for a family of four. However, Pioneer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pioneer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pioneer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pioneer include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Pioneer 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 4.0% have Dutch ancestry.
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 Pioneer are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.3% 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, 41.3% 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 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.2%), and 8.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.6%).
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 Pioneer, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 (43.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.8%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.