Pevely is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 6,103 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pevely is the 118th largest community in Missouri. Much of the housing stock in Pevely was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Pevely economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Pevely, where the median household income is $56,000.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pevely is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pevely is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pevely who work in sales jobs (12.75%), maintenance occupations (9.01%), and management occupations (8.78%). Of important note, Pevely is also a city of artists. Pevely has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pevely’s character. A relatively large number of people in Pevely telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The percentage of adults in Pevely who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.39% of the adults in Pevely have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Pevely in 2022 was $30,992, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,968 for a family of four. However, Pevely contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Pevely home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pevely residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pevely include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Pevely is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and Chinese.
