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Toulon - Bradford, IL

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Overview


Toulon - Bradford is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,951 people and just one neighborhood, Toulon - Bradford is the 479th largest community in Illinois. Toulon - Bradford has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Toulon - Bradford, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.95% of Toulon - Bradford’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Toulon - Bradford is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Toulon - Bradford who work in office and administrative support (12.33%), management occupations (8.49%), and teaching (6.97%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.58% 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

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

Demographics

The citizens of Toulon - Bradford are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.56% of adults in Toulon - Bradford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Toulon - Bradford in 2018 was $29,267, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,068 for a family of four. However, Toulon - Bradford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 23 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.1% of America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Toulon - Bradford is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.4% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 4.4% have Swedish 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 Toulon - Bradford are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.7% 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, 38.5% 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 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.6%), and 14.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Toulon - Bradford, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report English roots (14.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.7%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.5%) 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 (9.1%) . 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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