Hale - Bosworth is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,195 people and just one neighborhood, Hale - Bosworth is the 255th largest community in Missouri.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hale - Bosworth is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.54% of the Hale - Bosworth workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hale - Bosworth is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hale - Bosworth who work in management occupations (12.94%), sales jobs (11.57%), and office and administrative support (10.08%).
Hale - Bosworth’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Hale - Bosworth, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.29 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Hale - Bosworth are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.19% of adults in Hale - Bosworth have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Hale - Bosworth in 2022 was $29,117, 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 $116,468 for a family of four. However, Hale - Bosworth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hale - Bosworth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hale - Bosworth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hale - Bosworth include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Hale - Bosworth 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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 32.1% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 Hale - Bosworth are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 2.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 74.2% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 30.8% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.7%), and 11.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
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 Hale - Bosworth, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report English roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.0%) 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 (11.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.