Stanton is a tiny town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 366 people and just one neighborhood, Stanton is the 453rd largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Stanton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Stanton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stanton who work in management occupations (15.48%), office and administrative support (14.19%), and teaching (12.90%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.23% 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.
Because of many things, Stanton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Stanton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Stanton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Stanton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Stanton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Stanton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stanton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stanton may be for you.
One of the benefits of Stanton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.22 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Stanton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Stanton citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.08% of adults in Stanton have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Stanton in 2022 was $35,922, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,688 for a family of four. However, Stanton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Stanton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stanton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Stanton include Irish, German, Italian, Dutch, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Stanton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Stanton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.0% 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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 33 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.6% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Stanton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.8% 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, 44.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 15.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.8%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Stanton, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (39.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (85.1%) 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 (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.