Odin is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 910 people and just one neighborhood, Odin is the 689th largest community in Illinois.
Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Odin is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Odin is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Odin who work in sales jobs (17.66%), management occupations (14.43%), and office and administrative support (9.70%).
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!) Odin 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. Odin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Odin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Odin may be for you.
Odin is a very car-oriented village. 98.49% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Odin 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. Odin has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small village, Odin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Odin ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.31% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Odin in 2022 was $26,388, 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 $105,552 for a family of four. However, Odin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Odin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Odin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Odin include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Odin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Odin, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 88.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Eastern European ancestry.
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 Odin are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.9% 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, 33.8% 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 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.4%), and 15.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.8%).
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 Odin, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report English roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.2%) 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 (6.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.