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Mount Zion, IL

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Overview


Mount Zion is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,922 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Zion is the 299th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Mount Zion isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mount Zion are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Zion is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Zion who work in management occupations (10.71%), office and administrative support (9.89%), and healthcare (9.35%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Mount Zion 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 village’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, Mount Zion’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small village, Mount Zion does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Mount Zion citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.89% of adults in Mount Zion have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Mount Zion in 2018 was $40,429, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,716 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Mount Zion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.

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.

People

Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.3% of all American 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 Mount Zion are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 73.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.5% 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, 39.7% 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 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.4%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.1%).

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 Mount Zion, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report English roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (64.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (90.9%) 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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