Warrenton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 9,420 people and five associated neighborhoods, Warrenton is the 95th largest community in Missouri. Warrenton has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Warrenton, where the median household income is $61,031.00.When you are in Warrenton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.94% of Warrenton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Warrenton is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Warrenton who work in office and administrative support (14.05%), sales jobs (9.42%), and management occupations (8.33%). Also of interest is that Warrenton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Warrenton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.43% 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. Warrenton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Warrenton, just 12.46% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Warrenton in 2022 was $27,872, 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 $111,488 for a family of four. However, Warrenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Warrenton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Warrenton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Warrenton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Warrenton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
