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De Soto - Elkville, IL

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Overview


De Soto - Elkville is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,823 people and just one neighborhood, De Soto - Elkville is the largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

De Soto - Elkville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, De Soto - Elkville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in De Soto - Elkville who work in office and administrative support (11.17%), sales jobs (9.63%), and food service (7.81%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The citizens of De Soto - Elkville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.49% of adults in De Soto - Elkville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in De Soto - Elkville in 2018 was $27,180, 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 $108,720 for a family of four. However, De Soto - Elkville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in De Soto - Elkville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.8% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Illinois, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Illinois.

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 De Soto - Elkville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.6% 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, 32.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.9%), and 13.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 De Soto - Elkville, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.9%), and residents who report English roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (41.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (12.4%) . 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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