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Appleton City - Lowry City, MO

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Overview


Appleton City - Lowry City is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 3,634 people and just one neighborhood, Appleton City - Lowry City is the largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Appleton City - Lowry City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Appleton City - Lowry City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Appleton City - Lowry City is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Appleton City - Lowry City who work in office and administrative support (15.02%), management occupations (12.96%), and sales jobs (7.54%).

A relatively large number of people in Appleton City - Lowry City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The citizens of Appleton City - Lowry City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.66% of adults in Appleton City - Lowry City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Appleton City - Lowry City in 2018 was $27,107, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,428 for a family of four. However, Appleton City - Lowry City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Appleton City - Lowry City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Appleton City - Lowry City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Appleton City - Lowry City include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Appleton City - Lowry City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Appleton City - Lowry City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Appleton City - Lowry City 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 MO, 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 89.7% of the neighborhoods in Missouri. If you are considering retiring to Missouri, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

The Neighbors

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 Appleton City - Lowry City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 59.2% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 28.6% 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.2%), and 21.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Appleton City - Lowry City, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (10.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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