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Galva, IL

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Overview


Galva is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,417 people and just one neighborhood, Galva is the 528th largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Galva was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Galva is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Galva is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Galva who work in sales jobs (12.66%), office and administrative support (10.66%), and food service (6.81%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.05% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Galva is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.30% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Galva in 2018 was $28,987, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,948 for a family of four. However, Galva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 3.2% have Belgian 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 Galva are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.4% 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, 29.3% 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 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (28.8%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.8%).

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 Galva, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report Swedish roots (17.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (14.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.8%) 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 (11.1%) . 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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