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Richards, MO

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Overview


Richards is a tiny town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 43 people and just one neighborhood, Richards is the 553rd largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Richards, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 77.78% of Richards’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Richards is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richards who work in food service (16.67%), office and administrative support (5.56%), and farm management occupations (5.56%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Richards is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Richards 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. Richards has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Richards than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Richards may be for you.

In Richards, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.21 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Richards does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Richards has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Richards in 2022 was $20,234, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,936 for a family of four.

Richards is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Richards home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richards residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Richards include Irish, German, Russian, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Richards is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.4% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 0.8% have Brazilian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

The Neighbors

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 Richards are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 51.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.6% of U.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, 40.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.8%), and 12.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Richards, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.7%). There are also a number of people of Swiss ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.5%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (36.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (76.5%) 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 (5.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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