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Hinckley, IL

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Overview


Hinckley is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,971 people and just one neighborhood, Hinckley is the 578th largest community in Illinois.

Hinckley real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Hinckley house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Hinckley isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hinckley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hinckley is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hinckley who work in management occupations (13.23%), teaching (11.91%), and sales jobs (10.69%).

Also of interest is that Hinckley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Hinckley is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Hinckley a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Hinckley has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Hinckley’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Hinckley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hinckley, the average commute to work is 31.77 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The citizens of Hinckley are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.24% of adults in Hinckley have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hinckley in 2022 was $37,580, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,320 for a family of four. However, Hinckley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hinckley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Hinckley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hinckley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hinckley include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Hinckley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.

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

Real Estate

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 91.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 10.5% have Norwegian ancestry.

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 Hinckley are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.7% 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, 43.4% 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 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.1%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Hinckley, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (10.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (9.2%) . 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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