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. Much of the housing stock in Waterman - Shabbona was built prior to World War II, 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 professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Waterman - Shabbona who work in office and administrative support (17.22%), management occupations (14.59%), and sales jobs (7.70%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.47% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, Waterman - Shabbona 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, Waterman - Shabbona really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Waterman - Shabbona 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 Waterman - Shabbona, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.75 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Waterman - Shabbona does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Waterman - Shabbona is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.10% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Waterman - Shabbona in 2022 was $37,833, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,332 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.
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 93.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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, 5.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 7.9% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 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 60.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.3% of U.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, 32.9% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 18.6% 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 95.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Waterman - Shabbona, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report English roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.9%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (5.4%), 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 (28.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.0%) 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 (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.