Dixmoor is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,895 people and just one neighborhood, Dixmoor is the 481st largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some villages, Dixmoor isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dixmoor are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dixmoor is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dixmoor who work in sales jobs (22.94%), healthcare suport services (12.87%), and maintenance occupations (10.67%).
Dixmoor, even though it is a small village, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, village who have a need for low-cost transportation.
The citizens of Dixmoor have a very low rate of college education: just 6.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Dixmoor in 2022 was $17,583, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,332 for a family of four. However, Dixmoor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dixmoor is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Dixmoor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dixmoor, accounting for 50.88% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dixmoor residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dixmoor include German, English, Irish, Czech, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Dixmoor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Jamaican and Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry and 54.5% have Mexican 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 Dixmoor are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.3% of U.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, 37.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.9%), and 13.5% in executive, management, and professional 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 53.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Dixmoor, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (54.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.6%), and residents who report English roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Jamaican ancestry (3.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.5%), among others. In addition, 15.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (40.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.7%) 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 (10.0%) and 5.1% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.