Blue Mound - Boody is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,145 people and just one neighborhood, Blue Mound - Boody is the 558th largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some towns, Blue Mound - Boody isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Blue Mound - Boody are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blue Mound - Boody is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Blue Mound - Boody who work in office and administrative support (13.86%), management occupations (12.32%), and sales jobs (8.21%).
In addition, Blue Mound - Boody is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, Blue Mound - Boody is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Blue Mound - Boody a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Blue Mound - Boody has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Blue Mound - Boody’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In Blue Mound - Boody, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Blue Mound - Boody doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Blue Mound - Boody is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.27% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Blue Mound - Boody in 2022 was $42,741, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,964 for a family of four. However, Blue Mound - Boody contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Blue Mound - Boody home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blue Mound - Boody residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Blue Mound - Boody include German, English, Irish, British, and French.
The most common language spoken in Blue Mound - Boody is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Arabic.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 35 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry.
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 Blue Mound - Boody are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.4% 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 77.0% 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, 39.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.9%), and 14.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Blue Mound - Boody, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of British ancestry (2.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
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 (46.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.4%) 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 (5.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.