Maryville is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Maryville to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town.
One of the benefits of Maryville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.07 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Maryville 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 population of Maryville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.62% of adults in Maryville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Maryville in 2022 was $27,215, 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 $108,860 for a family of four. However, Maryville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Maryville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maryville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maryville include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Maryville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
