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Senath, MO

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Overview


Senath is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,519 people and just one neighborhood, Senath is the 310th largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Senath, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.28% of Senath’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Senath is a city of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Senath who work in farm management occupations (18.22%), sales jobs (10.59%), and healthcare suport services (10.22%).

Another important characteristic of Senath is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city 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, Senath is worth considering.

Demographics

The population of Senath has a very low overall level of education: only 9.11% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Senath in 2022 was $18,920, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,680 for a family of four. However, Senath contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Senath is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Senath home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Senath residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Senath also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Senath include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Senath's cultural character, accounting for 19.91% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Senath is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 99.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.0% 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 Senath are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.5% 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, 30.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 16.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 66.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (34.0%).

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 Senath, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (40.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report German roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.2%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others. In addition, 15.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (40.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (72.8%) 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 (20.6%) . 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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