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Avilla, IN

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Overview


Avilla is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,467 people and just one neighborhood, Avilla is the 212th largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Avilla is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.10% of the Avilla workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Avilla is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Avilla who work in sales jobs (9.49%), management occupations (6.89%), and food service (5.56%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Avilla is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Avilla with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.89% of adults in Avilla have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Avilla in 2018 was $32,870, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,480 for a family of four. However, Avilla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Avilla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.1%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.

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 Avilla are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.3% 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 77.7% of America'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, 33.9% 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 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.4%), and 8.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.0%).

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 Avilla, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (7.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 (40.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.9%) 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 (14.3%) . 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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