Cadet is a somewhat small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 6,424 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cadet is the 113th largest community in Missouri.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Cadet is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.08% of the Cadet workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Cadet is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cadet who work in healthcare (11.80%), healthcare suport services (7.79%), and office and administrative support (7.53%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Cadet has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Cadet has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cadet than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cadet may be for you. In Cadet, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Cadet doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Cadet, just 7.43% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Cadet in 2022 was $24,455, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,820 for a family of four. However, Cadet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Cadet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cadet residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Cadet include Irish, German, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Cadet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
