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Ridgeway - Gilman City, MO

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Overview


Ridgeway - Gilman City is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 3,196 people and just one neighborhood, Ridgeway - Gilman City is the 198th largest community in Missouri. Ridgeway - Gilman City has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Ridgeway - Gilman City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.15% of Ridgeway - Gilman City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ridgeway - Gilman City is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgeway - Gilman City who work in sales jobs (12.60%), management occupations (12.47%), and teaching (9.47%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Ridgeway - Gilman City with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.47% of adults in Ridgeway - Gilman City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ridgeway - Gilman City in 2022 was $24,699, 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 $98,796 for a family of four. However, Ridgeway - Gilman City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ridgeway - Gilman City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgeway - Gilman City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ridgeway - Gilman City include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Ridgeway - Gilman City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

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 8 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.4% of America.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.2% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 Ridgeway - Gilman City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.5% 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, 30.8% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.8%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Ridgeway - Gilman City, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (1.6%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.4%) 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 (10.1%) . 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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