Ransom is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 307 people and just one neighborhood, Ransom is the 777th largest community in Illinois. Ransom has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, Ransom isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ransom are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ransom is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ransom who work in office and administrative support (12.79%), management occupations (8.72%), and sales jobs (7.56%).
Also of interest is that Ransom has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Overall, Ransom’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ransom has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ransom has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ransom than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ransom may be for you.
As is often the case in a small village, Ransom doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Ransom rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.08% of adults 25 and older in Ransom have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Ransom in 2022 was $33,142, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,568 for a family of four. However, Ransom contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ransom is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Ransom home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ransom residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ransom also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.03% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ransom include German, Irish, Slovak, English, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Ransom is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
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 91.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 9.2% have Norwegian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Ransom are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.0% 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, 37.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.8%), and 17.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 97.6% 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 Ransom, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (21.3%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (9.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.
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 (39.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.8%) 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.