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Shelbina, MO

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Overview


Shelbina is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,582 people and just one neighborhood, Shelbina is the 308th largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

Shelbina is a blue-collar town, with 40.57% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Shelbina is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shelbina who work in food service (7.87%), office and administrative support (7.27%), and healthcare suport services (6.86%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Shelbina rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.15% of adults 25 and older in Shelbina have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Shelbina in 2018 was $22,597, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,388 for a family of four. However, Shelbina contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Shelbina home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shelbina residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Shelbina include German, English, Irish, French, and French Canadian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Shelbina are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 37.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.7%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Shelbina, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.5%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 (53.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.4%) and 6.2% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. 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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