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Bluffs, IL

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Overview


Bluffs is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 600 people and just one neighborhood, Bluffs is the 731st largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Bluffs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bluffs is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bluffs who work in management occupations (13.56%), sales jobs (11.58%), and office and administrative support (10.73%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Bluffs is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Being a small village, Bluffs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Bluffs who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.49% of adults in Bluffs have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bluffs in 2018 was $33,439, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,756 for a family of four. However, Bluffs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bluffs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Bluffs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bluffs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bluffs include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Bluffs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 14 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.2% of America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Bluffs 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 87.1% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bluffs are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.9% of U.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, 40.2% 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 sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.8%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Bluffs, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 (43.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.2%) 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 (9.4%) . 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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