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Blue Mound - Boody, IL

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Overview


Blue Mound - Boody is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,170 people and just one neighborhood, Blue Mound - Boody is the 558th largest community in Illinois. Blue Mound - Boody has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Blue Mound - Boody isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Blue Mound - Boody are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blue Mound - Boody is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Blue Mound - Boody who work in office and administrative support (13.44%), management occupations (12.66%), and sales jobs (8.93%).

Setting & Lifestyle

In addition, Blue Mound - Boody is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Blue Mound - Boody is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Blue Mound - Boody a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Blue Mound - Boody has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Blue Mound - Boody’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Blue Mound - Boody citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.10% of adults in Blue Mound - Boody have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Blue Mound - Boody in 2018 was $44,005, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,020 for a family of four. However, Blue Mound - Boody contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Blue Mound - Boody is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Blue Mound - Boody is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.2% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 91.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have British 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 Blue Mound - Boody are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.8% 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.7%), and 15.2% 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 98.5% 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 Blue Mound - Boody, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of British ancestry (2.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (40.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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