Noel - Southwest City is a somewhat small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 6,363 people and just one neighborhood, Noel - Southwest City is the 116th largest community in Missouri.
When you are in Noel - Southwest City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 63.49% of Noel - Southwest City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Noel - Southwest City is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Noel - Southwest City who work in office and administrative support (6.96%), management occupations (6.61%), and maintenance occupations (5.21%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.30% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Being a small town, Noel - Southwest City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Noel - Southwest City have a very low rate of college education: just 8.36% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Noel - Southwest City in 2022 was $21,617, 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 $86,468 for a family of four. However, Noel - Southwest City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Noel - Southwest City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Noel - Southwest City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Noel - Southwest City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Noel - Southwest City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Noel - Southwest City include German, Somalian, Irish, French, and English.
Noel - Southwest City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.67%.
The most common language spoken in Noel - Southwest City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Noel - Southwest City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 62.2% 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 15.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.4%), and 7.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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 Noel - Southwest City, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (21.3%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (6.3%), and residents who report German roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.9%), among others. In addition, 22.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (70.5%) 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 (17.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.