La Moille - Ohio is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,814 people and just one neighborhood, La Moille - Ohio is the 493rd largest community in Illinois. La Moille - Ohio has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, La Moille - Ohio is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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.
As is often the case in a small town, La Moille - Ohio doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in La Moille - Ohio with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.02% of adults in La Moille - Ohio have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
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.
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.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a 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%).
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 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.
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 (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.