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Delta, MO

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Overview


Delta is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 378 people and just one neighborhood, Delta is the 450th largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Delta, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 71.68% of Delta’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Delta is a city of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Delta who work in office and administrative support (7.08%), food service (5.01%), and healthcare (3.54%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Delta 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

Delta ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.18% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Delta in 2018 was $25,208, 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 $100,832 for a family of four. However, Delta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Delta, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Missouri. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

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 Delta are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.7% 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, 36.3% 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 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 13.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% 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 Delta, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.1%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 (74.0%) 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 (17.7%) . 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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