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Spickard, MO

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Overview


Spickard is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 223 people and just one neighborhood, Spickard is the 491st largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Spickard, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.36% of Spickard’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Spickard is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spickard who work in maintenance occupations (15.58%), food service (14.29%), and sales jobs (6.49%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Spickard has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Spickard’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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, Spickard has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Spickard a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small city, Spickard doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Spickard ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.81% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Spickard in 2022 was $19,512, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,048 for a family of four. Spickard also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.14% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Spickard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spickard residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Spickard include German, Irish, Dutch, Ukrainian, and Scottish.

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

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

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 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Significantly, 15.5% 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 99.7% 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 Spickard are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.2% 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, 32.8% 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 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.9%), and 9.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.3% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (15.5%).

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 Spickard, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.2%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 (36.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (68.4%) 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 (13.2%) and 5.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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