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Clay City - Xenia, IL

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Overview


Clay City - Xenia is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,874 people and just one neighborhood, Clay City - Xenia is the 486th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Clay City - Xenia isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Clay City - Xenia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clay City - Xenia is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clay City - Xenia who work in office and administrative support (11.04%), architecture and engineering (10.89%), and sales jobs (9.84%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Clay City - Xenia 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.

Demographics

The education level of Clay City - Xenia citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.79% of adults 25 and older in Clay City - Xenia have a college degree.

The per capita income in Clay City - Xenia in 2022 was $41,070, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,280 for a family of four. However, Clay City - Xenia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Clay City - Xenia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Clay City - Xenia, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.2% of all American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, 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 93.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Clay City - Xenia are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.3% of U.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, 36.3% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Clay City - Xenia, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report English roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (50.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (89.8%) 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 (6.6%) . 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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