New Boston - Keithsburg is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,481 people and just one neighborhood, New Boston - Keithsburg is the 433rd largest community in Illinois. New Boston - Keithsburg has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in New Boston - Keithsburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.60% of New Boston - Keithsburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, New Boston - Keithsburg is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Boston - Keithsburg who work in management occupations (13.63%), office and administrative support (13.28%), and sales jobs (10.55%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.86% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in New Boston - Keithsburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.29 minutes every day commuting to work.
New Boston - Keithsburg is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of New Boston - Keithsburg are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.11% of adults in New Boston - Keithsburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in New Boston - Keithsburg in 2022 was $33,791, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,164 for a family of four. However, New Boston - Keithsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Boston - Keithsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Boston - Keithsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Boston - Keithsburg include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in New Boston - Keithsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
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 New Boston - Keithsburg, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 New Boston - Keithsburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.0% 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, 32.7% 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 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 18.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
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 New Boston - Keithsburg, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.3%), and residents who report English roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (74.1%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.