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St. Elizabeth, MO

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Overview


St. Elizabeth is a tiny village located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 427 people and just one neighborhood, St. Elizabeth is the 435th largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, St. Elizabeth isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Elizabeth are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Elizabeth is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Elizabeth who work in management occupations (16.52%), office and administrative support (12.50%), and teaching (10.71%).

Of important note, St. Elizabeth is also a village of artists. St. Elizabeth has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape St. Elizabeth’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, St. Elizabeth is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making St. Elizabeth a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, St. Elizabeth has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, St. Elizabeth’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in St. Elizabeth is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In St. Elizabeth, the average commute to work is 34.75 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small village, St. Elizabeth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

St. Elizabeth is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.62% of adults in St. Elizabeth have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in St. Elizabeth in 2022 was $28,792, 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 $115,168 for a family of four. However, St. Elizabeth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call St. Elizabeth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Elizabeth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Elizabeth include German, Irish, English, French, and Dutch.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 44.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

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 17 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 95.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Missouri. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 48.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 St. Elizabeth are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 59.5% of America'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, 42.2% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.0%), and 12.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.

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 St. Elizabeth, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (48.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.3%), and residents who report English roots (2.6%).

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (67.8%) 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 (21.9%) . 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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