Staunton is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,951 people and just one neighborhood, Staunton is the 340th largest community in Illinois. Staunton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
Unlike some cities, Staunton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Staunton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Staunton is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Staunton who work in management occupations (13.58%), sales jobs (12.49%), and healthcare (7.84%).
Being a small city, Staunton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Staunton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Staunton, 21.05% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Staunton in 2022 was $35,730, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,920 for a family of four. However, Staunton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Staunton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Staunton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Staunton include German, Italian, Irish, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Staunton 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.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.3% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 3.7% have Dutch ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.3% 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 98.0% 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 Staunton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.6% 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, 36.0% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.8%), and 9.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 97.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Staunton, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (8.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (85.7%) 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 (9.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.