It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Gerald 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. Gerald has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gerald than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gerald may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Gerald doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Gerald is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.36% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gerald in 2018 was $28,834, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,336 for a family of four. However, Gerald contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gerald is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gerald home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gerald residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gerald include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Gerald is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Vietnamese.
