Ellis Grove is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 325 people and just one neighborhood, Ellis Grove is the 773rd largest community in Illinois.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ellis Grove is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.50% of the Ellis Grove workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ellis Grove is a village of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ellis Grove who work in sales jobs (19.85%), office and administrative support (14.71%), and maintenance occupations (6.62%).
The overall crime rate in Ellis Grove is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ellis Grove has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ellis Grove has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ellis Grove than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ellis Grove may be for you.
Being a small village, Ellis Grove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Ellis Grove have a very low rate of college education: just 6.08% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Ellis Grove in 2022 was $28,357, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,428 for a family of four. However, Ellis Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ellis Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ellis Grove residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ellis Grove include German, Irish, English, French, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Ellis Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Ellis Grove, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 43.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.3% have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Ellis Grove are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.2% of U.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, 35.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.2%), and 17.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.5%).
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 Ellis Grove, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (43.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.5%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 (44.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.8%) 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 (5.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.