Piper City - Kempton is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,713 people and just one neighborhood, Piper City - Kempton is the 603rd largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Piper City - Kempton was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Piper City - Kempton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Piper City - Kempton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Piper City - Kempton is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Piper City - Kempton who work in management occupations (13.16%), office and administrative support (9.24%), and teaching (8.08%).
Being a small town, Piper City - Kempton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Piper City - Kempton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.69% of adults 25 and older in Piper City - Kempton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Piper City - Kempton in 2022 was $30,873, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,492 for a family of four. However, Piper City - Kempton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Piper City - Kempton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Piper City - Kempton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Piper City - Kempton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Piper City - Kempton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
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 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.7% 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.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Piper City - Kempton is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.2% of the neighborhoods in Illinois. If you are considering retiring to Illinois, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Piper City - Kempton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
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 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 12.1% 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 96.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Piper City - Kempton, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report English roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.2%), 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 (34.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.8%) 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 (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.