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West Peoria, IL

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Overview


West Peoria is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,172 people and just one neighborhood, West Peoria is the 382nd largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

West Peoria is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Peoria is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Peoria who work in sales jobs (13.78%), office and administrative support (9.66%), and food service (8.95%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.56 minutes getting to work every day.

Demographics

The education level of West Peoria citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.16% of adults 25 and older in West Peoria have a college degree.

The per capita income in West Peoria in 2018 was $34,034, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,136 for a family of four. However, West Peoria contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

West Peoria is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Peoria home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Peoria residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Peoria include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in West Peoria is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 92.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 0.9% have Croatian 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 West Peoria are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.5% 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, 32.5% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (29.0%), and 9.0% 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 97.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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 West Peoria, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.9%), and residents who report English roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.9%), along with some Polish 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 (54.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (92.6%) 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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