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Nelson, MO

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Overview


Nelson is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 150 people and just one neighborhood, Nelson is the 528th largest community in Missouri. Nelson has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Nelson, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 62.50% of Nelson’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Nelson is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Nelson who work in office and administrative support (25.00%), food service (8.33%), and sales jobs (4.17%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Nelson is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Nelson is worth considering.

In Nelson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 39.02 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Nelson is a very car-oriented city. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Nelson is a small city , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Nelson has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Nelson is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The population of Nelson has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.08% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Nelson in 2022 was $15,896, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,584 for a family of four. Nelson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 54.26% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Nelson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nelson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Nelson include German, Irish, English, French, and British.

The most common language spoken in Nelson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Mon-Khmer (Cambodian) and Pacific Island languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

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 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.3% of America.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Missouri. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.

The Neighbors

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 Nelson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.7% 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 65.6% of America'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, 46.4% 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 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.6%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Nelson, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (48.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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