Roseville is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 855 people and just one neighborhood, Roseville is the 693rd largest community in Illinois. Roseville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
When you are in Roseville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.86% of Roseville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Roseville is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Roseville who work in office and administrative support (10.79%), management occupations (8.45%), and teaching (7.87%).
Also of interest is that Roseville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One downside of living in Roseville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.56 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small village, Roseville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Roseville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.12% of adults in Roseville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Roseville in 2022 was $31,754, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,016 for a family of four. However, Roseville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Roseville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roseville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roseville include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Roseville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.
If you are planning to retire in Illinois, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Illinois, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 98.1% of neighborhoods in IL. If a Illinois retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 12 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Roseville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.8% 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, 39.9% 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 32.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.6%), and 12.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 89.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish, Italian and Spanish.
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 Roseville, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (4.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (8.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.