Hollister is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,661 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hollister is the 150th largest community in Missouri.Unlike some cities, Hollister isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hollister are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hollister is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hollister who work in office and administrative support (14.75%), sales jobs (9.47%), and management occupations (8.26%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Hollister 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. Hollister has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hollister than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hollister may be for you. Being a small city, Hollister does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Hollister citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.48% of adults 25 and older in Hollister have a college degree. The per capita income in Hollister in 2022 was $24,553, 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 $98,212 for a family of four. However, Hollister contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hollister is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hollister home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hollister residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hollister also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hollister include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Hollister is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
