Gray Summit is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 3,055 people and just one neighborhood, Gray Summit is the 202nd largest community in Missouri.
Gray Summit real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Gray Summit house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
When you are in Gray Summit, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.65% of Gray Summit’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gray Summit is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gray Summit who work in office and administrative support (14.52%), sales jobs (11.19%), and architecture and engineering (9.02%).
Residents will find that the town 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, Gray Summit is worth considering.
In Gray Summit, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.28 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Gray Summit doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Gray Summit rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.09% of adults 25 and older in Gray Summit have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Gray Summit in 2022 was $28,679, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,716 for a family of four. However, Gray Summit contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gray Summit is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gray Summit home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gray Summit residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gray Summit include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Gray Summit is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 0.7% have Yugoslav ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Gray Summit are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.8% 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 56.5% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 37.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.6%), and 16.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households.
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 Gray Summit, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.7%), and residents who report English roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (88.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.