Evanston is one of the 52
neighborhoods
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of
Cincinnati, Ohio
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. A mostly
African-American neighborhood
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since the 1960s, it is known as "the educating community", and is bordered by the neighborhoods of
East Walnut Hills,
Hyde Park,
North Avondale
North Avondale is one of the 52 List of Cincinnati neighborhoods, neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is home to Xavier University and the Avon Woods Preserve. The population was 3,405 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Demographi ...
, and
Walnut Hills, as well as the
City of Norwood. The population was 8,838 at the 2020 census.
History
The community was originally known as the village of Idlewood. It was renamed in 1893 after the city of
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore (Chicago), North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is north of Chicago Loop, downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skok ...
. Evanston was annexed to the City of Cincinnati on November 19, 1903.
Evanston's O'Bryonville business district was originally a separate suburb than Idlewood. O'Bryonville was annexed to the City of Cincinnati in 1870.
Geography
Evanston is home to the O'Bryonville business district.
Demographics
As of the census of 2020, there were 8,838 people living in the neighborhood. There were 3,713 housing units. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 36.8%
White
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, 53.8%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.2%
Native American, 1.8%
Asian, 0.1%
Pacific Islander
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, 1.4% from
some other race, and 6.0% from two or more races. 3.5% of the population were
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race.
There were 2,971 households, out of which 45.8% were families. 45.8% of all households were made up of individuals.
15.0% of the neighborhood's population were under the age of 18, 74.9% were 18 to 64, and 10.1% were 65 years of age or older. 45.9% of the population were male and 54.1% were female.
According to the U.S. Census
American Community Survey
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, for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the neighborhood was $44,621. About 10.5% of family households were living below the
poverty line
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. About 29.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher.
Education
Xavier University
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, a Jesuit Catholic university, is located in Evanston.
See also
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Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Cincinnati, Ohio)
The Coca-Cola Bottling Plant is a historic manufacturing facility in the Evanston neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Constructed in the 1930s in high Streamline Moderne style, it no longer produces beverages, but has been named a historic site.
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References
Neighborhoods in Cincinnati
African-American history in Cincinnati
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