Hawk Point is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 720 people and just one neighborhood, Hawk Point is the 386th largest community in Missouri.
Hawk Point real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Hawk Point house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hawk Point is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.21% of the Hawk Point workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hawk Point is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hawk Point who work in office and administrative support (15.12%), food service (11.63%), and management occupations (8.72%).
Hawk Point’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Hawk Point is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hawk Point, the average commute to work is 32.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Hawk Point does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Hawk Point is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.67% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hawk Point in 2022 was $16,970, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,880 for a family of four. Hawk Point also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.09% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hawk Point is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hawk Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hawk Point residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hawk Point include German, Irish, English, French, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Hawk Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 95.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
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 Hawk Point are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 26.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.3% 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, 35.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.0%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% 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 Hawk Point, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.8%), and residents who report English roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 (32.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.