Blodgett is a tiny village located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 204 people and just one neighborhood, Blodgett is the 499th largest community in Missouri.
Blodgett is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Blodgett is a village of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blodgett who work in management occupations (19.19%), office and administrative support (12.12%), and food service (10.10%).
The overall crime rate in Blodgett is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Blodgett 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. Blodgett has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Blodgett than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Blodgett may be for you.
As is often the case in a small village, Blodgett doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Blodgett has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.72% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Blodgett in 2018 was $20,845, 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 $83,380 for a family of four.
Blodgett is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Blodgett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blodgett residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Blodgett include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Blodgett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Urdu and Polish.
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 Blodgett, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.0% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Greek and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Greek ancestry and 2.4% have Welsh ancestry.
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 Blodgett are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.7% 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 63.1% of America'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, 37.3% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.0%).
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 Blodgett, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report German roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.2%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (86.8%) 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.