Cobden is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,045 people and just one neighborhood, Cobden is the 674th largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some villages, Cobden isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Cobden are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cobden is a village of service providers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cobden who work in maintenance occupations (12.81%), teaching (9.54%), and healthcare suport services (9.26%).
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cobden has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cobden a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small village, Cobden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Cobden are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.14% of adults in Cobden having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cobden in 2022 was $22,409, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,636 for a family of four. However, Cobden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cobden is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Cobden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cobden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cobden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.94% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cobden include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
In addition, Cobden has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.08%).
The most common language spoken in Cobden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Cobden, 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 37 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.5% 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.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Cobden 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 88.2% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Cobden are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.9% 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, 32.8% 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 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.0%), and 10.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Cobden, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (84.8%) 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 (7.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.