Maryville is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 8,294 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.
Maryville is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Maryville’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Maryville is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.10% of adults in Maryville have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
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.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
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.