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Tilden - Baldwin, IL

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Overview


Tilden - Baldwin is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,397 people and just one neighborhood, Tilden - Baldwin is the 535th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Tilden - Baldwin is a blue-collar town, with 48.62% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Tilden - Baldwin is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tilden - Baldwin who work in sales jobs (9.86%), management occupations (7.97%), and food service (7.31%).

A relatively large number of people in Tilden - Baldwin telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.42% 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

The overall crime rate in Tilden - Baldwin 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.

As is often the case in a small town, Tilden - Baldwin doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Tilden - Baldwin has a very low overall level of education: only 8.49% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Tilden - Baldwin in 2022 was $30,296, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,184 for a family of four. However, Tilden - Baldwin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Tilden - Baldwin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tilden - Baldwin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tilden - Baldwin include German, Irish, English, French, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Tilden - Baldwin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.8% 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.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 27 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 3.3% have Scots-Irish 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 Tilden - Baldwin are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.1% 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, 46.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 21.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.3%), and 12.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.0%).

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 Tilden - Baldwin, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report English roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (80.3%) 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 (6.4%) . 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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