Rapids City - Hillsdale is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,492 people and just one neighborhood, Rapids City - Hillsdale is the 519th largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some towns, Rapids City - Hillsdale isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rapids City - Hillsdale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rapids City - Hillsdale is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rapids City - Hillsdale who work in sales jobs (11.21%), healthcare (9.73%), and food service (8.16%).
Rapids City - Hillsdale is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Rapids City - Hillsdale citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.20% of adults 25 and older in Rapids City - Hillsdale have a college degree.
The per capita income in Rapids City - Hillsdale in 2022 was $36,746, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,984 for a family of four. However, Rapids City - Hillsdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rapids City - Hillsdale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rapids City - Hillsdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rapids City - Hillsdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rapids City - Hillsdale include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Rapids City - Hillsdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Rapids City - Hillsdale, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian 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 Rapids City - Hillsdale are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.0% 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, 33.5% 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 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.7%), and 13.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).
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 Rapids City - Hillsdale, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.9%), and residents who report English roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 (57.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.0%) 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 (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.