Colfax - Cooksville is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,776 people and just one neighborhood, Colfax - Cooksville is the 598th largest community in Illinois. Colfax - Cooksville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Colfax - Cooksville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Colfax - Cooksville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Colfax - Cooksville is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Colfax - Cooksville who work in management occupations (13.27%), office and administrative support (11.87%), and sales jobs (9.20%).
A relatively large number of people in Colfax - Cooksville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.28% 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.
Colfax - Cooksville 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 population of Colfax - Cooksville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Colfax - Cooksville, 21.62% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Colfax - Cooksville in 2022 was $35,504, which is middle income relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,016 for a family of four. However, Colfax - Cooksville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Colfax - Cooksville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colfax - Cooksville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Colfax - Cooksville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Colfax - Cooksville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 97.8% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Colfax - Cooksville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.7% 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 54.0% 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, 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 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Colfax - Cooksville, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.6%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.