Pleasant Hill - New Canton is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,871 people and just one neighborhood, Pleasant Hill - New Canton is the 488th largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Pleasant Hill - New Canton was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Pleasant Hill - New Canton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasant Hill - New Canton is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Hill - New Canton who work in office and administrative support (14.75%), management occupations (10.76%), and healthcare (9.21%).
Because of many things, Pleasant Hill - New Canton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Pleasant Hill - New Canton 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, Pleasant Hill - New Canton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Pleasant Hill - New Canton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Pleasant Hill - New Canton 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.
The percentage of adults in Pleasant Hill - New Canton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.78% of the adults in Pleasant Hill - New Canton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pleasant Hill - New Canton in 2022 was $27,178, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,712 for a family of four. However, Pleasant Hill - New Canton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pleasant Hill - New Canton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Hill - New Canton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Hill - New Canton include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Pleasant Hill - New Canton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 11 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 33.5%, which is higher than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Pleasant Hill - New Canton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.9% 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, 30.3% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 18.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% 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 Pleasant Hill - New Canton, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.0%), along with some Dutch 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 (42.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.7%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.