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North Lima, OH

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Overview


North Lima is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,369 people and just one neighborhood, North Lima is the 531st largest community in Ohio.

North Lima real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although North Lima house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

North Lima is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, North Lima is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Lima who work in management occupations (15.16%), food service (13.63%), and healthcare (11.71%).

Of important note, North Lima is also a town of artists. North Lima has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape North Lima’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, North Lima 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, North Lima really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is North Lima 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, North Lima has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes North Lima a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small town, North Lima does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of North Lima is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.08% of adults in North Lima have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in North Lima in 2022 was $40,765, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,060 for a family of four. However, North Lima contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call North Lima home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Lima residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in North Lima include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Slovak.

The most common language spoken in North Lima is English. Other important languages spoken here include Scandinavian languages and West Germanic languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 6.4% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Ohio, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Ohio.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 4.0% have Hungarian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 North Lima are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.4% 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 69.6% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 41.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.1%), and 6.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 North Lima, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (15.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (14.0%), along with some Slovak ancestry residents (7.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (41.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (8.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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