West Farmington is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 532 people and just one neighborhood, West Farmington is the 660th largest community in Ohio. West Farmington has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
West Farmington is a blue-collar town, with 56.78% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, West Farmington is a village of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Farmington who work in office and administrative support (7.33%), sales jobs (7.33%), and maintenance occupations (5.49%).
Because of many things, West Farmington 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, West Farmington really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is West Farmington 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 downside of living in West Farmington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In West Farmington, the average commute to work is 31.47 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small village, West Farmington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In West Farmington, just 12.50% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in West Farmington in 2022 was $24,738, which is low income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,952 for a family of four. However, West Farmington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call West Farmington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Farmington residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in West Farmington include Pennsylvania German, German, English, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in West Farmington is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and West Germanic languages.
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.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 48.4% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 57.5% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.5% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of America's neighborhoods.
In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Ohio. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 58.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 West Farmington are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 41.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.7% of U.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, 52.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 20.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (15.5%), and 9.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is German/Yiddish, spoken by 58.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
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 West Farmington, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (9.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.6%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (25.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (48.4%) carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (34.7%) and 6.4% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. Despite relying on the automobile to get to work, residents of this neighborhood share the ride more than most neighborhoods, reducing traffic, pollution, and saving money.