Cuba is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,140 people and just one neighborhood, Cuba is the 659th largest community in Illinois. Cuba has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
When you are in Cuba, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.60% of Cuba’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Cuba is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cuba who work in management occupations (11.96%), office and administrative support (11.48%), and sales jobs (7.66%).
Of important note, Cuba is also a city of artists. Cuba has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cuba’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Cuba telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Cuba is worth considering.
One downside of living in Cuba, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.18 minutes every day commuting to work.
Cuba is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Cuba with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.93% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cuba in 2022 was $32,883, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,532 for a family of four. However, Cuba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Cuba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cuba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cuba include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Cuba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 36 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.5% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian 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 Cuba are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 33.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.3% 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, 36.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.3%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% 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 Cuba, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.9%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (29.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.8%) 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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.