Mendon - Ursa is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,296 people and just one neighborhood, Mendon - Ursa is the 375th largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some towns, Mendon - Ursa isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mendon - Ursa are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mendon - Ursa is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mendon - Ursa who work in sales jobs (11.37%), management occupations (11.21%), and office and administrative support (6.89%).
Because of many things, Mendon - Ursa is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Mendon - Ursa 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 town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Mendon - Ursa has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Mendon - Ursa’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Mendon - Ursa is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Mendon - Ursa is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 21.00% of adults 25 and older in Mendon - Ursa have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mendon - Ursa in 2022 was $34,255, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,020 for a family of four. However, Mendon - Ursa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mendon - Ursa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mendon - Ursa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mendon - Ursa include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mendon - Ursa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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 20 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.8% of America.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 13.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Illinois. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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 Mendon - Ursa are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.3% 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 57.1% 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, 35.1% 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.9%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
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 Mendon - Ursa, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (2.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.8%) 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 (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.