Maitland - Craig is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,174 people and just one neighborhood, Maitland - Craig is the third largest community in Missouri. Maitland - Craig has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Maitland - Craig isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Maitland - Craig are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Maitland - Craig is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maitland - Craig who work in management occupations (20.37%), office and administrative support (11.28%), and teaching (10.10%).
A relatively large number of people in Maitland - Craig telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.62% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Maitland - Craig does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Maitland - Craig overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Maitland - Craig, 23.46% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Maitland - Craig in 2022 was $41,572, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,288 for a family of four. However, Maitland - Craig contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Maitland - Craig home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maitland - Craig residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Maitland - Craig include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Maitland - Craig is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.2% of America. 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.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.8% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Missouri, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Missouri.
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 Maitland - Craig are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.0% 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, 43.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.6%), and 10.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 95.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Maitland - Craig, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (2.4%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.3%) 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 (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.