Mission is a very small city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 1,144 people and just one neighborhood, Mission is the 90th largest community in South Dakota.
Mission is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mission is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mission who work in maintenance occupations (10.80%), office and administrative support (9.94%), and management occupations (9.66%).
The overall crime rate in Mission 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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mission spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.55 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The percentage of people in Mission with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mission in 2018 was $14,568, which is low income relative to South Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $58,272 for a family of four. However, Mission contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mission also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 48.52% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Mission is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mission home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mission residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Mission include German, English, European, French, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Mission is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Japanese.
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.
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 6 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.1% of America.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (53.3%) than found in 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 78.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Mission are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 53.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.1% of U.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, 47.7% 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 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.0%), and 10.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 80.2% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (7.3%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Mission, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (78.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (2.9%).
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 (46.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.3%) 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 (14.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.