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Old Monroe, MO

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Overview


Old Monroe is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 263 people and just one neighborhood, Old Monroe is the 481st largest community in Missouri.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Old Monroe is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Old Monroe is a city of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Old Monroe who work in healthcare (20.79%), maintenance occupations (13.86%), and personal care services (8.91%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Old Monroe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Old Monroe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

Demographics

The percentage of people in Old Monroe with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.29% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Old Monroe in 2022 was $23,389, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,556 for a family of four. However, Old Monroe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Old Monroe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Old Monroe residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Old Monroe include German, Irish, Croatian, English, and Italian.

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

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

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 0.4% have Yugoslav ancestry.

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 Old Monroe are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.9% 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, 36.6% 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 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.7%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Old Monroe, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report English roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (27.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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