Waterman - Shabbona is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,706 people and just one neighborhood, Waterman - Shabbona is the 413th largest community in Illinois. Waterman - Shabbona has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Waterman - Shabbona is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Waterman - Shabbona is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Waterman - Shabbona who work in office and administrative support (17.19%), management occupations (14.13%), and sales jobs (8.57%).
A relatively large number of people in Waterman - Shabbona telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.02% 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.
One downside of living in Waterman - Shabbona, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.90 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Waterman - Shabbona doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Waterman - Shabbona are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.46% of adults in Waterman - Shabbona having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Waterman - Shabbona in 2022 was $40,555, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,220 for a family of four. However, Waterman - Shabbona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Waterman - Shabbona is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waterman - Shabbona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waterman - Shabbona residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Waterman - Shabbona include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Waterman - Shabbona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Waterman - Shabbona, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 8.7% have Norwegian 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 Waterman - Shabbona are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.8% 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 50.5% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 32.4% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 18.2% 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 94.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Waterman - Shabbona, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report English roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (8.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.7%), 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 (28.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.0%) 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 (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.