Avilla is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,475 people and just one neighborhood, Avilla is the 212th largest community in Indiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Avilla is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.10% of the Avilla workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Avilla is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Avilla who work in sales jobs (9.49%), management occupations (6.89%), and food service (5.56%).
Being a small town, Avilla does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Avilla rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.89% of adults 25 and older in Avilla have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Avilla in 2022 was $32,870, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,480 for a family of four. However, Avilla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Avilla home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Avilla residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Avilla include German, European, Irish, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Avilla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.1%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French 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 Avilla are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.3% 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 77.7% of America'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, 33.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.4%), and 8.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.0%).
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 Avilla, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (7.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 (40.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.9%) 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 (14.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.