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Fairmount - Sidell, IL

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Overview


Fairmount - Sidell is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,768 people and just one neighborhood, Fairmount - Sidell is the 495th largest community in Illinois. Fairmount - Sidell has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Fairmount - Sidell is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fairmount - Sidell is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairmount - Sidell who work in management occupations (17.90%), office and administrative support (11.24%), and teaching (7.66%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Fairmount - Sidell is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Fairmount - Sidell’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Fairmount - Sidell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.26 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Fairmount - Sidell rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.91% of adults 25 and older in Fairmount - Sidell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Fairmount - Sidell in 2018 was $31,442, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,768 for a family of four. However, Fairmount - Sidell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Fairmount - Sidell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Fairmount - Sidell are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.6% 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, 38.5% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Fairmount - Sidell, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (86.3%) 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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