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!) Savanna 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. Savanna has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Savanna than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Savanna may be for you.
One of the benefits of Savanna is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.41 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The citizens of Savanna are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.23% of adults in Savanna have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Savanna in 2022 was $29,396, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,584 for a family of four. However, Savanna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Savanna is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Savanna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Savanna residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Savanna include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Savanna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
