About Genoa

Genoa is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,372 people and just one neighborhood, Genoa is the 348th largest community in Illinois.

Genoa is a blue-collar town, with 41.2% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Genoa is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Genoa who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.55%), sales jobs (6.52%), and teaching (5.77%).

Also of interest is that Genoa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

As is often the case in a small city, Genoa doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Genoa Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Genoa with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.23% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Genoa in 2000 was $19,239, which is middle income relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $76,956 for a family of four.

The people who call Genoa home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Genoa is White, followed by African-American. Genoa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.34% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Genoa include German, Irish, English, Polish, Italian, Swedish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Genoa is English. Some people also speak Spanish.