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Christopher, IL

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Overview


Christopher is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,644 people and just one neighborhood, Christopher is the 509th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Christopher isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Christopher are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Christopher is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Christopher who work in sales jobs (12.57%), office and administrative support (10.88%), and healthcare suport services (10.35%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Christopher’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Christopher is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Christopher with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.74% of adults in Christopher have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Christopher in 2018 was $25,719, 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 $102,876 for a family of four. However, Christopher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Christopher home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Christopher residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Christopher include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

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

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

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 24.8% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Christopher 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 86.0% 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 Czechoslovakian and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 4.9% have Scottish 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 Christopher are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 30.5% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.0%), and 17.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.1%).

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 Christopher, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (80.6%) 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 (11.2%) . 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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