Wooster is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 27,031 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Wooster is the 55th largest community in Ohio.Wooster is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wooster is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wooster who work in office and administrative support (10.40%), sales jobs (8.35%), and teaching (8.28%). Also of interest is that Wooster has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.Wooster is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Wooster enrolled in college, Wooster has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Wooster is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.95 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. As is often the case in a small city, Wooster doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Wooster 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: 31.35% of adults in Wooster have a college degree. The per capita income in Wooster in 2022 was $32,296, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,184 for a family of four. However, Wooster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wooster is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wooster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wooster residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wooster include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Wooster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
