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Strafford, MO

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Overview


Strafford is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,643 people and just one neighborhood, Strafford is the 234th largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

Strafford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Strafford is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Strafford who work in sales jobs (10.81%), office and administrative support (10.55%), and healthcare (9.09%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Strafford is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Strafford is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.28% of adults 25 and older in Strafford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Strafford in 2018 was $25,455, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,820 for a family of four. However, Strafford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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The Neighbors

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The neighbors in the neighborhood in Strafford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 33.0% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.5%), and 17.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.0%).

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 Strafford, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.0%) 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 (5.1%) . 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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