Milledgeville - Chadwick is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,428 people and just one neighborhood, Milledgeville - Chadwick is the 529th largest community in Illinois. Milledgeville - Chadwick has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Milledgeville - Chadwick isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Milledgeville - Chadwick are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Milledgeville - Chadwick is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Milledgeville - Chadwick who work in management occupations (12.73%), teaching (9.34%), and office and administrative support (9.26%).
Because of many things, Milledgeville - Chadwick is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Milledgeville - Chadwick really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Milledgeville - Chadwick perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In terms of college education, Milledgeville - Chadwick is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.85% of adults 25 and older in Milledgeville - Chadwick have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Milledgeville - Chadwick in 2022 was $35,545, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,180 for a family of four. However, Milledgeville - Chadwick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Milledgeville - Chadwick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Milledgeville - Chadwick residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Milledgeville - Chadwick include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Milledgeville - Chadwick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
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.
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 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 10.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Illinois. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Greek and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Greek ancestry and 3.4% have Dutch ancestry.
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 Milledgeville - Chadwick are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.6% 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, 37.9% 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 32.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.2%), and 13.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.8%).
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 Milledgeville - Chadwick, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.
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 (30.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.7%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.