Gideon - Risco is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,816 people and just one neighborhood, Gideon - Risco is the 279th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some towns, Gideon - Risco isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gideon - Risco are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gideon - Risco is a town of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gideon - Risco who work in healthcare suport services (18.59%), management occupations (14.50%), and office and administrative support (9.91%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Gideon - Risco is worth considering.
Being a small town, Gideon - Risco does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Gideon - Risco, just 12.38% 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 Gideon - Risco in 2022 was $25,775, 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 $103,100 for a family of four. However, Gideon - Risco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Gideon - Risco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gideon - Risco residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gideon - Risco include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Gideon - Risco is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Gideon - Risco, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 10 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.2% of all American neighborhoods.
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 Gideon - Risco are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.8% 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, 32.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.6%), and 10.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Gideon - Risco, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report English roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
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 (38.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.1%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.