Irvington - Hoyleton is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,031 people and just one neighborhood, Irvington - Hoyleton is the 472nd largest community in Illinois.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Irvington - Hoyleton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.21% of the Irvington - Hoyleton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Irvington - Hoyleton is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Irvington - Hoyleton who work in management occupations (12.56%), sales jobs (10.86%), and healthcare (7.98%).
A relatively large number of people in Irvington - Hoyleton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.73% 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.
Because of many things, Irvington - Hoyleton 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, Irvington - Hoyleton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Irvington - Hoyleton 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, Irvington - Hoyleton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Irvington - Hoyleton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.59% of adults in Irvington - Hoyleton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Irvington - Hoyleton in 2022 was $36,669, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,676 for a family of four. However, Irvington - Hoyleton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Irvington - Hoyleton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Irvington - Hoyleton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Irvington - Hoyleton include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Irvington - Hoyleton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
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 96.2% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.0%) living in the neighborhood.
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 19 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.0% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Irvington - Hoyleton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.2% 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 70.4% 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, 33.0% 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 32.5% 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 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% 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 Irvington - Hoyleton, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.4%) 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 (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.