Tower Hill is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 475 people and just one neighborhood, Tower Hill is the 752nd largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Tower Hill was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Tower Hill is a blue-collar town, with 48.65% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Tower Hill is a village of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tower Hill who work in management occupations (15.54%), food service (8.11%), and office and administrative support (6.08%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.09% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Overall, Tower Hill’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tower Hill has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tower Hill a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small village, Tower Hill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Tower Hill has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.45% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Tower Hill in 2022 was $20,747, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,988 for a family of four. However, Tower Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tower Hill is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Tower Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tower Hill residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Tower Hill include English, German, Scots-Irish, Danish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Tower Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish 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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Tower Hill is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Tower Hill are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.2% 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, 34.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional 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 (20.2%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% 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 Tower Hill, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report English roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.1%), along with some Swedish 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.8%) 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.