Mounds - Ullin is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,378 people and just one neighborhood, Mounds - Ullin is the 522nd largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some towns, Mounds - Ullin isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mounds - Ullin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mounds - Ullin is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mounds - Ullin who work in office and administrative support (12.65%), management occupations (11.55%), and healthcare suport services (11.43%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.97% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Mounds - Ullin, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.63 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Mounds - Ullin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Mounds - Ullin is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.74% of adults 25 and older in Mounds - Ullin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mounds - Ullin in 2022 was $20,185, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,740 for a family of four. However, Mounds - Ullin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mounds - Ullin is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mounds - Ullin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mounds - Ullin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mounds - Ullin include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Mounds - Ullin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Other Indo-European.
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 Mounds - Ullin, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of particular note, 5.2% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 36.8% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 27 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 Mounds - Ullin are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.2% 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, 31.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 19.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.
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 Mounds - Ullin, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report English roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.0%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (34.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.1%) 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.