Westphalia is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 377 people and just one neighborhood, Westphalia is the 447th largest community in Missouri. Much of the housing stock in Westphalia was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Westphalia real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Westphalia house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities, Westphalia isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Westphalia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Westphalia is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Westphalia who work in teaching (16.35%), healthcare (10.10%), and office and administrative support (9.62%).
Also of interest is that Westphalia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Westphalia is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Westphalia citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.61% of adults in Westphalia have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Westphalia in 2022 was $36,061, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,244 for a family of four. However, Westphalia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Westphalia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Westphalia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Westphalia include German, Irish, French, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Westphalia is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.
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.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
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 94.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.
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, 59.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Westphalia are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.7% 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 79.8% of America'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, 39.5% 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 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.2%), and 15.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Westphalia, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (59.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report English roots (4.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
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 (41.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.0%) 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 (8.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.