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Rocheport, MO

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Overview


Rocheport is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 207 people and just one neighborhood, Rocheport is the 503rd largest community in Missouri. Rocheport has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Rocheport is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.16% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rocheport is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rocheport who work in office and administrative support (16.39%), food service (16.39%), and community and social services (9.84%).

Of important note, Rocheport is also a city of artists. Rocheport has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rocheport’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.40% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Rocheport citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.73% of adults in Rocheport have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Rocheport in 2018 was $28,602, 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 $114,408 for a family of four. However, Rocheport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Rocheport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.7% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Missouri, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Missouri. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 0.8% have Croatian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rocheport are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 51.0% 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 16.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.5%).

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 Rocheport, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (64.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.5%) 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 (10.1%) . 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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