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Truxton, MO

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Overview


Truxton is a tiny village located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 67 people and just one neighborhood, Truxton is the 551st largest community in Missouri.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Truxton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 58.33% of the Truxton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Truxton is a village of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Truxton who work in food service (16.67%), teaching (16.67%), and management occupations (8.33%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Truxton 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!) Truxton 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. Truxton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Truxton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Truxton may be for you.

One downside of living in Truxton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.75 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Truxton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.29% of adults in Truxton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Truxton in 2018 was $24,215, 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 $96,860 for a family of four. However, Truxton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Truxton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.48% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Truxton is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Truxton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Truxton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Truxton include Irish, French, Norwegian, Italian, and Greek.

The most common language spoken in Truxton is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Missouri. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 95.4% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Missouri. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Truxton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 78.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.4% 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 77.3% of America'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, 39.5% 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 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).

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 Truxton, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.1%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (79.6%) 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 (14.9%) . 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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