De Pue is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 1,821 people and just one neighborhood, De Pue is the 507th largest community in Illinois. De Pue has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Occupations and Workforce
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, De Pue is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 51.07% of the De Pue workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, De Pue is a village of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in De Pue who work in office and administrative support (14.50%), farm management occupations (13.62%) and maintenance occupations (6.56%).
Another important characteristic of De Pue is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
Setting & Lifestyle
Being a small village, De Pue does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.