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San Jose - Easton, IL

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Overview


San Jose - Easton is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,586 people and just one neighborhood, San Jose - Easton is the 614th largest community in Illinois. San Jose - Easton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, San Jose - Easton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in San Jose - Easton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, San Jose - Easton is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Jose - Easton who work in management occupations (15.56%), sales jobs (10.12%), and healthcare suport services (9.08%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.02% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

San Jose - Easton is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, San Jose - Easton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in San Jose - Easton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In San Jose - Easton, the average commute to work is 33.22 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

San Jose - Easton 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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in San Jose - Easton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.12% of the adults in San Jose - Easton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in San Jose - Easton in 2022 was $40,099, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,396 for a family of four. However, San Jose - Easton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call San Jose - Easton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of San Jose - Easton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in San Jose - Easton include German, English, Irish, Polish, and European.

The most common language spoken in San Jose - Easton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 8 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, the neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 97.7% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 95.8% of all 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 San Jose - Easton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.8% 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 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 (19.2%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 San Jose - Easton, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (87.5%) 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.


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