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Posen, IL

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Overview


Posen is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,386 people and just one neighborhood, Posen is the 318th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Posen is a blue-collar town, with 49.53% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Posen is a village of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Posen who work in office and administrative support (8.98%), maintenance occupations (7.64%), and food service (6.90%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Posen is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Posen, the average commute to work is 31.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The citizens of Posen are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.81% of adults in Posen have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Posen in 2018 was $23,161, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,644 for a family of four. However, Posen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Posen is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Posen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Posen, accounting for 69.64% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Posen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Posen include Irish, Polish, German, Italian, and Nigerian.

In addition, Posen has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.37%).

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

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

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.7% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.5% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 63.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Posen are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 62.3% of America'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, 43.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 20.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 16.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 50.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

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 Posen, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (63.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.1%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 24.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (43.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.6%) 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 (9.7%) . 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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