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Gallatin - Jamesport, MO

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Overview


Gallatin - Jamesport is a somewhat small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 5,220 people and just one neighborhood, Gallatin - Jamesport is the 131st largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gallatin - Jamesport is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gallatin - Jamesport is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gallatin - Jamesport who work in management occupations (11.79%), office and administrative support (10.90%), and sales jobs (9.13%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.75% 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

In Gallatin - Jamesport, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.35 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Gallatin - Jamesport is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The citizens of Gallatin - Jamesport are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.80% of adults in Gallatin - Jamesport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Gallatin - Jamesport in 2022 was $27,742, 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 $110,968 for a family of four. However, Gallatin - Jamesport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Gallatin - Jamesport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

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.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 9.6% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.0% of all neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 23 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Significantly, 10.9% 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 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Gallatin - Jamesport are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 32.3% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.8%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.0% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (10.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Gallatin - Jamesport, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (9.6%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (68.2%) 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 (16.0%) . 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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