Burlington Junction - Hopkins is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,135 people and just one neighborhood, Burlington Junction - Hopkins is the 261st largest community in Missouri. Much of the housing stock in Burlington Junction - Hopkins was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Burlington Junction - Hopkins is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.98% of the Burlington Junction - Hopkins workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Burlington Junction - Hopkins is a town of managers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burlington Junction - Hopkins who work in management occupations (16.83%), office and administrative support (9.41%), and healthcare (6.83%).
As is often the case in a small town, Burlington Junction - Hopkins doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Burlington Junction - Hopkins, just 12.59% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Burlington Junction - Hopkins in 2022 was $31,004, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,016 for a family of four. However, Burlington Junction - Hopkins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Burlington Junction - Hopkins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burlington Junction - Hopkins residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Burlington Junction - Hopkins include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Burlington Junction - Hopkins is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.
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 Burlington Junction - Hopkins, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 10 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.1% of America.
Significantly, 3.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.3% 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 Burlington Junction - Hopkins are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.2% 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, 40.0% 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 34.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.3%), and 11.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (3.4%).
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 Burlington Junction - Hopkins, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.5%) 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 (14.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.