Wright City is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 5,241 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wright City is the 138th largest community in Missouri. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wright City, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Wright City, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wright City’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Wright City does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $74,904.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wright City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.88% of the Wright City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Wright City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wright City who work in office and administrative support (10.46%), sales jobs (9.63%), and healthcare (6.93%). Also of interest is that Wright City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In terms of college education, Wright City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.68% of adults 25 and older in Wright City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Wright City in 2022 was $29,328, 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 $117,312 for a family of four. However, Wright City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wright City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wright City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wright City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wright City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wright City include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Wright City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
