Cadet is a somewhat small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 6,436 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cadet is the 113th largest community in Missouri.When you are in Cadet, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.63% of Cadet’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Cadet is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cadet who work in healthcare (11.04%), office and administrative support (9.02%), and healthcare suport services (7.95%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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!) Cadet 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. Cadet has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cadet than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cadet may be for you. One downside of living in Cadet, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.80 minutes every day commuting to work. Cadet 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.In Cadet, just 8.31% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Cadet in 2022 was $23,852, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,408 for a family of four. However, Cadet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Cadet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cadet residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Cadet include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Cadet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
