Rockford - Mendon is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,659 people and just one neighborhood, Rockford - Mendon is the 338th largest community in Ohio. Rockford - Mendon has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Rockford - Mendon is a blue-collar town, with 41.28% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Rockford - Mendon is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockford - Mendon who work in sales jobs (10.44%), management occupations (8.63%), and farm management occupations (5.82%).
Also of interest is that Rockford - Mendon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Rockford - Mendon is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small town, Rockford - Mendon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Rockford - Mendon rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.25% of adults 25 and older in Rockford - Mendon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Rockford - Mendon in 2022 was $33,953, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,812 for a family of four. However, Rockford - Mendon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rockford - Mendon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockford - Mendon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockford - Mendon include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Rockford - Mendon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Rockford - Mendon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 40 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Rockford - Mendon 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 89.5% of the neighborhoods in Ohio. If you are considering retiring to Ohio, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 42.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.6% have Romanian 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 Rockford - Mendon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.3% 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 57.1% 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, 35.5% 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 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
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 Rockford - Mendon, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.8%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.