Lovington - Dalton City is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,322 people and just one neighborhood, Lovington - Dalton City is the 541st largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Lovington - Dalton City was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Lovington - Dalton City is a blue-collar town, with 41.94% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lovington - Dalton City is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lovington - Dalton City who work in management occupations (13.08%), office and administrative support (9.32%), and sales jobs (7.08%).
The percentage of adults in Lovington - Dalton City with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.21% of adults in Lovington - Dalton City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lovington - Dalton City in 2022 was $30,590, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,360 for a family of four. However, Lovington - Dalton City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lovington - Dalton City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lovington - Dalton City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lovington - Dalton City include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Lovington - Dalton City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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 Lovington - Dalton City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 24 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.9% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
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 Lovington - Dalton City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.1% 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, 39.2% 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 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 9.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).
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 Lovington - Dalton City, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report English roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.3%), along with some Welsh 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (12.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.