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New Burnside, IL

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Overview


New Burnside is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 154 people and just one neighborhood, New Burnside is the 795th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

New Burnside is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, New Burnside is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Burnside who work in sales jobs (17.65%), teaching (14.71%), and healthcare suport services (11.76%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.76% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in New Burnside is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, New Burnside has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New Burnside a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In New Burnside, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

New Burnside is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The citizens of New Burnside are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.45% of adults in New Burnside have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in New Burnside in 2022 was $19,301, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,204 for a family of four.

New Burnside is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call New Burnside home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Burnside residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in New Burnside include English, Irish, Polish, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in New Burnside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 New Burnside, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood. Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 34.9%, which is higher than 96.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 29 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in New Burnside 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 85.2% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

The Neighbors

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 New Burnside are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 79.3% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 34.9% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.8%), and 14.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 New Burnside, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (84.0%) 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.


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