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Ashland - Chandlerville, IL

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Overview


Ashland - Chandlerville is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,184 people and just one neighborhood, Ashland - Chandlerville is the 556th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Ashland - Chandlerville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ashland - Chandlerville is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashland - Chandlerville who work in office and administrative support (15.77%), sales jobs (9.04%), and management occupations (8.83%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Ashland - Chandlerville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

As is often the case in a small town, Ashland - Chandlerville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Ashland - Chandlerville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.26% of the adults in Ashland - Chandlerville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ashland - Chandlerville in 2022 was $32,524, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,096 for a family of four. However, Ashland - Chandlerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ashland - Chandlerville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashland - Chandlerville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashland - Chandlerville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Belgian.

The most common language spoken in Ashland - Chandlerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 19 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.9% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Ashland - Chandlerville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.5% 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, 27.3% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.7%), and 20.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Ashland - Chandlerville, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.6%), and residents who report English roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.8%), along with some Belgian ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

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 (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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