Stillman Valley is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,060 people and two associated neighborhoods, Stillman Valley is the 673rd largest community in Illinois.Stillman Valley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Stillman Valley is a village of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stillman Valley who work in teaching (11.97%), office and administrative support (10.31%), and management occupations (9.39%). Of important note, Stillman Valley is also a village of artists. Stillman Valley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Stillman Valley’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.65% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In addition, Stillman Valley is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Because of many things, Stillman Valley is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Stillman Valley really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Stillman Valley perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Stillman Valley is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Stillman Valley citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.75% of adults in Stillman Valley have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Stillman Valley in 2022 was $37,710, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,840 for a family of four. Stillman Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Stillman Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stillman Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Stillman Valley include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Stillman Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
