Highlandville is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 984 people and just one neighborhood, Highlandville is the 358th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some cities, Highlandville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Highlandville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Highlandville is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Highlandville who work in management occupations (17.55%), sales jobs (10.82%), and office and administrative support (10.34%).
Highlandville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Highlandville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Highlandville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Highlandville 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 percentage of adults in Highlandville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.95% of the adults in Highlandville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Highlandville in 2022 was $26,691, 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 $106,764 for a family of four. However, Highlandville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Highlandville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Highlandville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Highlandville include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Highlandville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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.
Our research reveals that 89.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 4.9% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Missouri. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.
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 Highlandville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.8% of U.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, 34.9% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.3%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% 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 Highlandville, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (3.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.2%) 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 (6.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.