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East Dubuque, IL

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Overview


East Dubuque is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,486 people and just one neighborhood, East Dubuque is the 629th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, East Dubuque isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in East Dubuque are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Dubuque is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Dubuque who work in sales jobs (11.96%), office and administrative support (11.73%), and food service (10.39%).

Of important note, East Dubuque is also a city of artists. East Dubuque has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape East Dubuque’s character.

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.76 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, East Dubuque does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of East Dubuque citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.29% of adults in East Dubuque have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in East Dubuque in 2022 was $33,465, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,860 for a family of four. However, East Dubuque contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Dubuque is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Dubuque home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Dubuque residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Dubuque include German, Irish, English, British, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in East Dubuque is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in East Dubuque, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 53.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.4% 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 East Dubuque are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.0% 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 64.7% of America'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, 32.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.9%), and 10.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% 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 East Dubuque, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (53.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.9%), and residents who report English roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (80.9%) 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 (5.6%) . 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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