Vandalia is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 14,999 people and four associated neighborhoods, Vandalia is the 120th largest community in Ohio.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Vandalia is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vandalia is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vandalia who work in office and administrative support (13.04%), sales jobs (10.75%), and management occupations (9.09%). Also of interest is that Vandalia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Vandalia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Vandalia is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.11% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Vandalia in 2022 was $40,021, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,084 for a family of four. However, Vandalia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Vandalia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vandalia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vandalia include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Vandalia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
