Protem is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,370 people and just one neighborhood, Protem is the 250th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Protem is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Protem is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Protem who work in office and administrative support (15.19%), food service (13.41%), and management occupations (6.61%).
One downside of living in Protem, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.56 minutes every day commuting to work.
Protem is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Protem is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.34% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Protem in 2022 was $26,740, 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 $106,960 for a family of four. However, Protem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Protem home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Protem residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Protem include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Protem is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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 47.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.3% of America.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (23.9%) than in 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
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 Protem are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.7% 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, 33.9% 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 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.4%), and 20.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Protem, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.6%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (72.7%) 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 (23.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.