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Virginia - Arenzville, IL

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Overview


Virginia - Arenzville is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,415 people and just one neighborhood, Virginia - Arenzville is the 524th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Virginia - Arenzville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Virginia - Arenzville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Virginia - Arenzville who work in office and administrative support (12.83%), management occupations (9.47%), and healthcare (8.45%).

Of important note, Virginia - Arenzville is also a town of artists. Virginia - Arenzville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Virginia - Arenzville’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Virginia - Arenzville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.38% 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

Because of many things, Virginia - Arenzville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Virginia - Arenzville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Virginia - Arenzville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small town, Virginia - Arenzville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Virginia - Arenzville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.28% of adults in Virginia - Arenzville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Virginia - Arenzville in 2022 was $34,807, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,228 for a family of four. However, Virginia - Arenzville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Virginia - Arenzville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Virginia - Arenzville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Virginia - Arenzville include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Virginia - Arenzville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

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

People

If you are planning to retire in Illinois, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Illinois, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.4% of neighborhoods in IL. If a Illinois retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 27 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.2% of 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 Virginia - Arenzville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.4% 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, 33.3% 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 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Virginia - Arenzville, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.7%) 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 (6.2%) . 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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