Thomasboro - Gifford is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,425 people and just one neighborhood, Thomasboro - Gifford is the 370th largest community in Illinois.
Thomasboro - Gifford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Thomasboro - Gifford is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thomasboro - Gifford who work in management occupations (14.61%), sales jobs (9.46%), and office and administrative support (9.32%).
Being a small town, Thomasboro - Gifford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Thomasboro - Gifford is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.53% of adults 25 and older in Thomasboro - Gifford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Thomasboro - Gifford in 2022 was $39,708, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,832 for a family of four. However, Thomasboro - Gifford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Thomasboro - Gifford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Thomasboro - Gifford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Thomasboro - Gifford include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Thomasboro - Gifford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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 Thomasboro - Gifford, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Thomasboro - Gifford is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.1% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Thomasboro - Gifford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.6% 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 56.9% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.6%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 96.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Thomasboro - Gifford, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.4%), and residents who report English roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.4%) 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 (7.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.