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Lakemoor, IL

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Overview


Lakemoor is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 6,274 people and just one neighborhood, Lakemoor is the 295th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lakemoor is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lakemoor is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakemoor who work in office and administrative support (15.00%), management occupations (11.35%), and food service (8.15%).

Of important note, Lakemoor is also a village of artists. Lakemoor has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Lakemoor’s character.

Also of interest is that Lakemoor 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 Lakemoor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.49% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Lakemoor is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lakemoor, the average commute to work is 32.98 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The population of Lakemoor is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.12% of adults in Lakemoor have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lakemoor in 2022 was $43,370, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,480 for a family of four.

Lakemoor is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Lakemoor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lakemoor residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lakemoor include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Lakemoor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 95.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.6% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 11.9% have Polish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Lakemoor are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.4% 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 57.6% 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, 42.8% 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 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Lakemoor, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (20.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (11.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (11.9%), among others. In addition, 13.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 (39.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (95.8%) 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.


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