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Sunset Hills, MO

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Overview


Sunset Hills is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 9,070 people and just one neighborhood, Sunset Hills is the 85th largest community in Missouri.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Sunset Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.97% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sunset Hills is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sunset Hills who work in management occupations (21.36%), sales jobs (13.20%), and office and administrative support (12.16%).

A relatively large number of people in Sunset Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.54% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

Because of many things, Sunset Hills is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Sunset Hills really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sunset Hills perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

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

Demographics

If knowledge is power, Sunset Hills is a pretty powerful place. 60.96% of the adults in Sunset Hills have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Sunset Hills in 2018 was $75,294, which is wealthy relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $301,176 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Sunset Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Langs. of India.

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.

People

If you are planning to retire in Missouri, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Missouri, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.4% of neighborhoods in MO. If a Missouri retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives and urban sophisticates.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 40.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.5% have Slovak 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 Sunset Hills are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 94.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.7% 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 79.7% 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, 65.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (9.6%), and 4.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% 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 Sunset Hills, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.1%), and residents who report English roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (54.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.3%) 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 (10.3%) . 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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