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Fair Grove, MO

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Overview


Fair Grove is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,599 people and just one neighborhood, Fair Grove is the 311th largest community in Missouri.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Fair Grove isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fair Grove are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fair Grove is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fair Grove who work in management occupations (13.55%), office and administrative support (12.49%), and healthcare (8.83%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.45% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

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

Demographics

The citizens of Fair Grove are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.47% of adults in Fair Grove having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fair Grove in 2022 was $34,433, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,732 for a family of four. However, Fair Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fair Grove is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fair Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fair Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fair Grove include German, Irish, English, French, and European.

The most common language spoken in Fair Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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

People

Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.

The Neighbors

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 Fair Grove are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.4% 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 63.3% of America'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, 40.2% 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 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.0%), and 9.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% 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 Fair Grove, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (2.8%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 (52.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.5%) 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 (10.0%) . 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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