Valmeyer is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,219 people and just one neighborhood, Valmeyer is the 654th largest community in Illinois. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Valmeyer, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Valmeyer, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Valmeyer’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Valmeyer does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $95,625.00.
Valmeyer is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Valmeyer is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Valmeyer who work in office and administrative support (15.08%), sales jobs (10.93%), and management occupations (9.13%).
Also of interest is that Valmeyer 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 Valmeyer telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.99% 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.
Because of many things, Valmeyer is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Valmeyer really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Valmeyer perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Valmeyer is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Valmeyer, the average commute to work is 33.27 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Valmeyer is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Valmeyer are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.44% of adults in Valmeyer having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Valmeyer in 2022 was $39,096, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,384 for a family of four.
The people who call Valmeyer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Valmeyer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Valmeyer include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Valmeyer 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.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.4% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Illinois. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.1% have Croatian ancestry.
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 Valmeyer are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.4% 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 77.3% 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, 36.6% 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 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.7%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Valmeyer, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report English roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.