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Steeleville - Percy, IL

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Overview


Steeleville - Percy is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,356 people and just one neighborhood, Steeleville - Percy is the 444th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Steeleville - Percy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Steeleville - Percy is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Steeleville - Percy who work in sales jobs (11.10%), healthcare (10.86%), and office and administrative support (9.68%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Steeleville - Percy’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Being a small town, Steeleville - Percy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Steeleville - Percy with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.99% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Steeleville - Percy in 2018 was $28,895, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,580 for a family of four. However, Steeleville - Percy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 41.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

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 Steeleville - Percy 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 12.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.4% 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, 32.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. 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 sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.3%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 91.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Steeleville - Percy, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report English roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (43.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.5%) 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 (7.2%) . 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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