La Grange is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 803 people and just one neighborhood, La Grange is the 368th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some cities, La Grange isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in La Grange are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, La Grange is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in La Grange who work in healthcare (20.82%), sales jobs (15.67%), and office and administrative support (8.37%).
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) La Grange 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. La Grange has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in La Grange than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, La Grange may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of La Grange spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.94 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, La Grange doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of La Grange rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.73% of adults 25 and older in La Grange 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 La Grange in 2022 was $31,770, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,080 for a family of four. However, La Grange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
La Grange is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Grange home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Grange residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in La Grange include German, Irish, English, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in La Grange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 La Grange are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 1.3% 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 77.5% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.4% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.0%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.7%).
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 La Grange, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.7%), along with some African 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.3%) 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.