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Tamaroa, IL

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Overview

Tamaroa is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 527 people and just one neighborhood, Tamaroa is the 738th largest community in Illinois.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Tamaroa is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 55.45% of the Tamaroa workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Tamaroa is a village of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tamaroa who work in sales jobs (11.22%), healthcare (9.62%), and office and administrative support (7.37%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Tamaroa’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Tamaroa has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Tamaroa has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tamaroa than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tamaroa may be for you.

Tamaroa is a very car-oriented village. 96.56% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Tamaroa is a small village , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Tamaroa has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small village, Tamaroa doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Tamaroa is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.51% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tamaroa in 2022 was $28,347, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,388 for a family of four. However, Tamaroa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Tamaroa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.3% 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.

Real Estate

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 18 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.1% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 15.8% 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 99.4% 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 Tamaroa are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.5% 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 58.8% of America'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, 43.0% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.6%), and 8.4% 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 97.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Tamaroa, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.4%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.2%) 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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