Dunlap is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,576 people and just one neighborhood, Dunlap is the 621st largest community in Illinois. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Dunlap, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Dunlap, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Dunlap’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Dunlap does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $137,240.00.
Dunlap real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Dunlap house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Dunlap is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 90.14% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dunlap is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunlap who work in healthcare (21.83%), management occupations (14.08%), and teaching (9.15%).
Also of interest is that Dunlap has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.57% 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.
Because of many things, Dunlap is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Dunlap 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 village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Dunlap has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Dunlap’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
If knowledge is power, Dunlap is a pretty powerful place. 60.31% of the adults in Dunlap have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Dunlap in 2022 was $68,957, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $275,828 for a family of four.
Dunlap is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Dunlap home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunlap residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dunlap include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Dunlap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
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.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 5.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Illinois. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives and urban sophisticates.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 1.2% have Lebanese ancestry.
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 Dunlap are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 89.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.0% 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 70.9% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 65.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 16.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (10.7%), and 7.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.6% of households. Some people also speak Langs. of India (2.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Dunlap, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report Asian roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (11.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.7%), among others. In addition, 10.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (49.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.8%) 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.