Tallmadge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 18,275 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tallmadge is the 101st largest community in Ohio.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tallmadge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tallmadge is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tallmadge who work in sales jobs (22.29%), food service (12.00%), and healthcare (9.71%). Also of interest is that Tallmadge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Tallmadge is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Tallmadge really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Tallmadge perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One of the benefits of Tallmadge is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.08 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Tallmadge is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Tallmadge is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.39% of adults in Tallmadge have a college degree. The per capita income in Tallmadge in 2022 was $37,501, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,004 for a family of four. However, Tallmadge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tallmadge is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tallmadge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tallmadge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tallmadge include Italian, Czech, German, European, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Tallmadge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Serbo-Croatian.
