Kinmundy - Alma is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,283 people and just one neighborhood, Kinmundy - Alma is the 443rd largest community in Illinois.
Kinmundy - Alma is a blue-collar town, with 42.41% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Kinmundy - Alma is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kinmundy - Alma who work in office and administrative support (9.12%), management occupations (8.06%), and sales jobs (7.31%).
The percentage of adults in Kinmundy - Alma with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.28% of adults in Kinmundy - Alma have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kinmundy - Alma in 2022 was $36,582, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,328 for a family of four. However, Kinmundy - Alma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kinmundy - Alma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kinmundy - Alma residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kinmundy - Alma include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Kinmundy - Alma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. 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.
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 95.5% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 Kinmundy - Alma are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.6% 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 65.5% 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, 38.7% 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 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.4%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% 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 Kinmundy - Alma, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report English roots (10.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.