Oakwood - Fithian is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,133 people and just one neighborhood, Oakwood - Fithian is the 455th largest community in Illinois.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oakwood - Fithian is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.92% of the Oakwood - Fithian workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Oakwood - Fithian is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakwood - Fithian who work in office and administrative support (11.08%), sales jobs (8.62%), and management occupations (8.10%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.99% 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Oakwood - Fithian doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Oakwood - Fithian rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.74% of adults 25 and older in Oakwood - Fithian have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Oakwood - Fithian in 2022 was $33,957, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,828 for a family of four. However, Oakwood - Fithian contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oakwood - Fithian home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakwood - Fithian residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oakwood - Fithian include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Oakwood - Fithian is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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The neighbors in the neighborhood in Oakwood - Fithian are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.6% 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, 36.6% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
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 Oakwood - Fithian, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.