Athens - Greenview is a somewhat small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,911 people and just one neighborhood, Athens - Greenview is the 300th largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some towns, Athens - Greenview isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Athens - Greenview are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Athens - Greenview is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Athens - Greenview who work in office and administrative support (12.56%), management occupations (12.45%), and healthcare (12.05%).
Also of interest is that Athens - Greenview has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Athens - Greenview is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Athens - Greenview a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Athens - Greenview has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Athens - Greenview’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Being a small town, Athens - Greenview does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Athens - Greenview are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.69% of adults in Athens - Greenview having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Athens - Greenview in 2022 was $38,455, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,820 for a family of four. However, Athens - Greenview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Athens - Greenview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Athens - Greenview residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Athens - Greenview include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Athens - Greenview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 38 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Illinois. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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 Athens - Greenview are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.4% 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 54.9% 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, 45.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 21.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.3%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.8%).
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 Athens - Greenview, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.0%), and residents who report English roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (41.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.5%) 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 (10.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.