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Ashmore, IL

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Overview


Ashmore is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 630 people and just one neighborhood, Ashmore is the 725th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Ashmore, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.48% of Ashmore’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ashmore is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashmore who work in office and administrative support (14.44%), management occupations (9.19%), and healthcare (6.30%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The citizens of Ashmore are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.45% of adults in Ashmore have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Ashmore in 2018 was $24,443, 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 $97,772 for a family of four. However, Ashmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ashmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashmore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashmore include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Ashmore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.7% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ashmore are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 41.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.3%), and 12.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Ashmore, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (20.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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