Moweaqua - Findlay is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,395 people and just one neighborhood, Moweaqua - Findlay is the 441st largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Moweaqua - Findlay is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Moweaqua - Findlay is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moweaqua - Findlay who work in management occupations (11.21%), office and administrative support (9.37%), and sales jobs (7.53%).
The overall crime rate in Moweaqua - Findlay is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small town, Moweaqua - Findlay does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Moweaqua - Findlay citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.94% of adults 25 and older in Moweaqua - Findlay have a college degree.
The per capita income in Moweaqua - Findlay in 2022 was $32,320, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,280 for a family of four. However, Moweaqua - Findlay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Moweaqua - Findlay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moweaqua - Findlay residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moweaqua - Findlay include German, Irish, English, French, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Moweaqua - Findlay 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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 26 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Moweaqua - Findlay are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.4% of U.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, 36.0% 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 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.6%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% 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 Moweaqua - Findlay, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report English roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.7%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 (38.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.1%) 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.