La Moille - Ohio is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,807 people and just one neighborhood, La Moille - Ohio is the 493rd largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in La Moille - Ohio was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
La Moille - Ohio is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, La Moille - Ohio is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Moille - Ohio who work in office and administrative support (10.50%), management occupations (9.49%), and computer science and math (8.70%).
Also of interest is that La Moille - Ohio has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
La Moille - Ohio’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Being a small town, La Moille - Ohio does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of La Moille - Ohio rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.02% of adults 25 and older in La Moille - Ohio have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in La Moille - Ohio in 2022 was $36,177, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,708 for a family of four. However, La Moille - Ohio contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call La Moille - Ohio home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Moille - Ohio residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in La Moille - Ohio include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in La Moille - Ohio is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 21 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.6% of America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in La Moille - Ohio is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.8% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 33.7% have German 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 La Moille - Ohio are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.0% 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, 35.6% 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 32.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.7%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.6%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in La Moille - Ohio, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report English roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.