Maryville is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 8,316 people and just one neighborhood, Maryville is the 256th largest community in Illinois.
Maryville is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 85.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Maryville is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maryville who work in management occupations (17.82%), office and administrative support (14.26%), and healthcare (7.94%).
Also of interest is that Maryville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Maryville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.41% 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, Maryville 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, Maryville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Maryville 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.
The education level of Maryville ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Maryville, 46.10% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Maryville in 2022 was $49,346, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $197,384 for a family of four.
Maryville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Maryville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maryville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maryville include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Maryville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog.
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 Maryville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Maryville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.2% 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 61.0% 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, 45.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.9%), and 15.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.7%).
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 Maryville, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (33.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.7%) 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.