About Waltonville

Waltonville is a tiny town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 960 people and just one neighborhood, Waltonville is the 610th largest community in Illinois.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Waltonville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.0% of the Waltonville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Waltonville is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waltonville who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.81%), sales jobs (8.62%), and management occupations (5.17%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 10.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Waltonville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Waltonville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.67% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Waltonville Information and Demographics

In Waltonville, just 8.80% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Waltonville in 2000 was $14,965, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $59,860 for a family of four.

The people who call Waltonville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Waltonville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Waltonville include English, Irish, German, Polish, Dutch, and French.

The most common language spoken in Waltonville is English.