Godfrey is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 17,688 people and three associated neighborhoods, Godfrey is the 144th largest community in Illinois.Godfrey is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Godfrey is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Godfrey who work in management occupations (13.37%), sales jobs (12.93%), and office and administrative support (10.31%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.23% 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. 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, Godfrey has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Godfrey a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The overall education level of Godfrey citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.58% of adults in Godfrey have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Godfrey in 2022 was $44,278, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,112 for a family of four. However, Godfrey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Godfrey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Godfrey residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Godfrey include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Godfrey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
