Leadwood is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,167 people and just one neighborhood, Leadwood is the 338th largest community in Missouri. Leadwood has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
When you are in Leadwood, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.35% of Leadwood’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Leadwood is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leadwood who work in management occupations (12.22%), office and administrative support (7.71%), and sales jobs (7.33%).
As is often the case in a small city, Leadwood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Leadwood are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.64% of adults in Leadwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Leadwood in 2022 was $18,602, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,408 for a family of four. However, Leadwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Leadwood also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.67% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Leadwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leadwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Leadwood include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Leadwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Leadwood are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 41.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.6%), and 15.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.0%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Leadwood, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report English roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (3.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.