Erie - Lyndon is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,937 people and just one neighborhood, Erie - Lyndon is the 398th largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Erie - Lyndon is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Erie - Lyndon is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Erie - Lyndon who work in management occupations (11.22%), healthcare suport services (8.54%), and healthcare (7.99%).
Because of many things, Erie - Lyndon is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Erie - Lyndon a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Erie - Lyndon has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Erie - Lyndon’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
As is often the case in a small town, Erie - Lyndon doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Erie - Lyndon is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.37% of adults 25 and older in Erie - Lyndon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Erie - Lyndon in 2022 was $36,105, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,420 for a family of four. However, Erie - Lyndon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Erie - Lyndon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Erie - Lyndon residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Erie - Lyndon include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Erie - Lyndon 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 Erie - Lyndon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.1% of all American neighborhoods.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.8% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 7.6% have Dutch 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 Erie - Lyndon are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.5% 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 63.1% 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, 35.0% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 15.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Erie - Lyndon, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (7.6%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (90.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.