St. Bernard stands ground

First suburb works toward a comeback

BY JANE PRENDERGAST | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

 

ST. BERNARD - Used to be, St. Bernard didn't have to worry about money. It was home to Ivorydale, Procter & Gamble Co.'s 200-acre manufacturing complex. Thousands worked there. That meant the city was flush with cash, enough to pay for services unheard of elsewhere, such as Dial-a-Ride bus trips for just 10 cents and free garbage bags. But then in 1999, P&G started restructuring its North American plants. Since then, Ivorydale has been significantly downsized, and most of it sold to smaller companies.

 

 

By the numbers

Web site: www.cityofstbernard.org

Budget: $10.8 million

Population, 2000 vs. 2005: 4,924 - 4,528, down 8%

Median age: 36.4

White: 4,493, 91%

Black: 217, 6.5%

Median household income: $37,356

Average family size: 3.09

Housing units: 2,195

People below poverty level: 428

Percent of residents over 25 with at least a high school diploma: 80%

At least a bachelor's degree: 13.5%

State rating for St. Bernard/Elmwood Place Schools: Effective, the second-highest score

 

Sources: St. Bernard, Ohio Department of Education, U.S. Census Bureau

 

Population history

1900: 3,384

1910: 5,002

1920: 6,312

1930: 7,487

1940: 7,387

1950: 7,066

1960: 6,778

1970: 6,080

1980: 5,396

1990: 5,344

2000: 4,924

 

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Are you sure the median age isn't like 50?

Check out the St Bernard DQ on a warm summer night.

"If you cannot pay the checks.....annex!"

-UncleRando

 

I know, cheesy and not that good, but it is what it is :laugh:

Check out the St Bernard DQ on a warm summer night.

 

I live in Walnut Hills, and my wife had a craving for a soft serve ice cream cone...Putz's was almost closed (it was like 7:55pm or something), and the only place we could think of was DQ...the closest seemed to be in St. Bernard, so off I went.  And indeed, it was packed...I didn't mind the wait, because once you get the melty-goods, you're done waiting, but yeah, they had two windows going full bore, and it was still probably ten minutes of standing in line, and smack up against the street too...