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Dutchtown, MO

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Overview


Dutchtown is a tiny town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 163 people and just one neighborhood, Dutchtown is the 523rd largest community in Missouri.

Dutchtown real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Dutchtown house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Dutchtown is a blue-collar town, with 43.61% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dutchtown is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Dutchtown who work in sales jobs (36.09%), management occupations (16.54%), and food service (2.26%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Dutchtown’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Dutchtown 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. Dutchtown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dutchtown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dutchtown may be for you.

Being a small town, Dutchtown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In Dutchtown, just 10.70% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Dutchtown in 2018 was $28,554, 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 $114,216 for a family of four. However, Dutchtown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Dutchtown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dutchtown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Dutchtown include German, European, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Dutchtown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Russian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 91.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you are planning to retire in Missouri, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Missouri, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.5% of neighborhoods in MO. If a Missouri retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

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 Dutchtown are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.3% 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 70.9% 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, 43.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.6%), and 15.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Dutchtown, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (49.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (91.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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