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Marseilles, IL

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Overview


Marseilles is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,771 people and just one neighborhood, Marseilles is the 351st largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Marseilles was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Marseilles, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.25% of Marseilles’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Marseilles is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marseilles who work in office and administrative support (15.54%), teaching (9.95%), and sales jobs (7.80%).

A relatively large number of people in Marseilles telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.86% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Marseilles 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. Marseilles has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Marseilles than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Marseilles may be for you.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Marseilles is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.72% of adults 25 and older in Marseilles have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Marseilles in 2022 was $27,606, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,424 for a family of four. However, Marseilles contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Marseilles home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marseilles residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Marseilles include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Marseilles is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Marseilles, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 92.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 23.3% have Irish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Marseilles are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.4% of U.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, 31.9% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Marseilles, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (23.3%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (16.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (12.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (11.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (34.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (92.5%) 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.


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