Ferguson is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 18,143 people and six associated neighborhoods, Ferguson is the 39th largest community in Missouri.Ferguson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ferguson is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ferguson who work in office and administrative support (18.50%), healthcare suport services (9.36%), and management occupations (6.41%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.72% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. For a small city, Ferguson has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Ferguson exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.The education level of Ferguson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.08% of adults in Ferguson have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ferguson in 2022 was $26,963, 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 $107,852 for a family of four. However, Ferguson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ferguson is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ferguson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ferguson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Ferguson include German, Irish, African, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Ferguson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
