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Coffeen - Taylor Springs, IL

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Overview


Coffeen - Taylor Springs is a somewhat small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,527 people and just one neighborhood, Coffeen - Taylor Springs is the 322nd largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Coffeen - Taylor Springs is a blue-collar town, with 39.61% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Coffeen - Taylor Springs is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coffeen - Taylor Springs who work in office and administrative support (14.61%), maintenance occupations (10.60%), and management occupations (7.51%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.80% 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

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Coffeen - Taylor Springs has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Coffeen - Taylor Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Coffeen - Taylor Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Coffeen - Taylor Springs may be for you.

Coffeen - Taylor Springs 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

The citizens of Coffeen - Taylor Springs have a very low rate of college education: just 7.51% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Coffeen - Taylor Springs in 2018 was $24,671, 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 $98,684 for a family of four. However, Coffeen - Taylor Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Coffeen - Taylor Springs is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coffeen - Taylor Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coffeen - Taylor Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coffeen - Taylor Springs include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Coffeen - Taylor Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.

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 Coffeen - Taylor Springs, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.4% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

In addition, 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 7.2% 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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 38 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.2% of America.

Diversity

Significantly, 0.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Coffeen - Taylor Springs are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.8% of U.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, 39.4% 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 22.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.8%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.3%).

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 Coffeen - Taylor Springs, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report English roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (33.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (80.1%) 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 (9.2%) . 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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