Tamaroa is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 533 people and just one neighborhood, Tamaroa is the 738th largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Tamaroa was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
When you are in Tamaroa, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 60.51% of Tamaroa’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Tamaroa is a village of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tamaroa who work in sales jobs (12.68%), office and administrative support (6.88%), and healthcare (6.52%).
The overall crime rate in Tamaroa is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Tamaroa 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. Tamaroa has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tamaroa than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tamaroa may be for you.
Tamaroa is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Tamaroa, just 12.04% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Tamaroa in 2022 was $27,204, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,816 for a family of four. However, Tamaroa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Tamaroa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tamaroa residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Tamaroa include Polish, German, English, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Tamaroa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 15.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% 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 Tamaroa are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.7% 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 58.7% 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, 44.8% 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 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.8%), and 9.2% 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 99.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Tamaroa, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.8%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 (35.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.9%) 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 (6.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.