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Rocky Comfort is a tiny town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 176 people and just one neighborhood, Rocky Comfort is the 521st largest community in Missouri. Rocky Comfort has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Occupations and Workforce
Rocky Comfort is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.04% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rocky Comfort is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rocky Comfort who work in sales jobs (64.13%), maintenance occupations (17.39%), and office and administrative support (6.52%).
Setting & Lifestyle
The overall crime rate in Rocky Comfort is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town 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, Rocky Comfort has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rocky Comfort a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Rocky Comfort, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 50.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Rocky Comfort is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Rocky Comfort, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Rocky Comfort 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 education level of Rocky Comfort citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.50% of adults 25 and older in Rocky Comfort have a college degree.
The per capita income in Rocky Comfort in 2022 was $26,835, 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 $107,340 for a family of four. However, Rocky Comfort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rocky Comfort is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rocky Comfort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rocky Comfort residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rocky Comfort include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Rocky Comfort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Rocky Comfort, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Occupations
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
People
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Rocky Comfort is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MO, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.7% of the neighborhoods in Missouri. If you are considering retiring to Missouri, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 2.4% have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.2% 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 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Rocky Comfort are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.5% 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, 46.8% 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 23.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 6.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.9% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (4.2%).
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 Rocky Comfort, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (5.8%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (78.0%) 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 (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
