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Kirkland - Kingston, IL

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Overview


Kirkland - Kingston is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,461 people and just one neighborhood, Kirkland - Kingston is the 368th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Kirkland - Kingston, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.64% of Kirkland - Kingston’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kirkland - Kingston is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kirkland - Kingston who work in office and administrative support (11.26%), management occupations (8.74%), and sales jobs (6.31%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Kirkland - Kingston is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Kirkland - Kingston, the average commute to work is 31.89 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The education level of Kirkland - Kingston citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.91% of adults 25 and older in Kirkland - Kingston have a college degree.

The per capita income in Kirkland - Kingston in 2022 was $38,355, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,420 for a family of four. However, Kirkland - Kingston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Kirkland - Kingston 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 95.4% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.2% 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 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Kirkland - Kingston are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.3% 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 60.5% 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, 42.2% 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 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 94.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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 Kirkland - Kingston, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report English roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.6%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (5.2%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.0%) 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.


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