Gillespie is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,112 people and just one neighborhood, Gillespie is the 462nd largest community in Illinois. Gillespie has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
When you are in Gillespie, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.14% of Gillespie’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gillespie is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Gillespie who work in office and administrative support (16.23%), sales jobs (15.87%), and business and financial occupations (4.51%).
A relatively large number of people in Gillespie telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.16% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Gillespie is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Gillespie citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.65% of adults 25 and older in Gillespie have a college degree.
The per capita income in Gillespie in 2022 was $37,996, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,984 for a family of four. However, Gillespie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Gillespie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gillespie residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Gillespie include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Gillespie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 1.6% have Lithuanian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Gillespie are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 30.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.1% 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, 35.1% 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 16.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (8.4%).
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 Gillespie, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.1%) 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.