About Ravenwood

Ravenwood is a tiny town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 940 people and just one neighborhood, Ravenwood is the 371st largest community in Missouri.

Ravenwood is a blue-collar town, with 39.7% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Ravenwood is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ravenwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.11%), farm management (8.84%), and sales jobs (7.47%).

Another important characteristic of Ravenwood 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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 10.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Because of many things, Ravenwood is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Ravenwood a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Ravenwood has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Ravenwood's overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One of the benefits of Ravenwood is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.23 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Ravenwood is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Ravenwood, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.7% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Ravenwood is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Ravenwood Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Ravenwood with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.75% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ravenwood in 2000 was $17,527, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $70,108 for a family of four.

The people who call Ravenwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ravenwood is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ravenwood include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Ravenwood is English. Some people also speak Spanish.