Coal City is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,741 people and two associated neighborhoods, Coal City is the 316th largest community in Illinois.Coal City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Coal City is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Coal City who work in office and administrative support (15.07%), healthcare (13.10%), and management occupations (7.44%). Also of interest is that Coal City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Coal City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.93% 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. Because of many things, Coal City is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Coal City really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Coal City perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Coal City 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.The overall education level of Coal City is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.31% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Coal City in 2022 was $42,317, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,268 for a family of four. However, Coal City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Coal City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coal City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coal City include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Coal City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
