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Rossville - Rankin, IL

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Overview


Rossville - Rankin is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,990 people and just one neighborhood, Rossville - Rankin is the 473rd largest community in Illinois. Rossville - Rankin has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Rossville - Rankin isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rossville - Rankin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rossville - Rankin is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rossville - Rankin who work in office and administrative support (18.32%), sales jobs (15.56%), and healthcare (7.18%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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

Rossville - Rankin 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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Rossville - Rankin with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.15% of adults in Rossville - Rankin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rossville - Rankin in 2018 was $32,787, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,148 for a family of four. However, Rossville - Rankin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Rossville - Rankin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rossville - Rankin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rossville - Rankin include German, Irish, English, French, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Rossville - Rankin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

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 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Rossville - Rankin are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.0% 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, 29.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.5%), and 21.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Rossville - Rankin, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (12.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (80.2%) 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 (8.6%) . 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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