Oran - Morley is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,567 people and just one neighborhood, Oran - Morley is the 233rd largest community in Missouri.
Oran - Morley is a blue-collar town, with 39.48% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Oran - Morley is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oran - Morley who work in management occupations (11.49%), office and administrative support (11.03%), and food service (8.79%).
As is often the case in a small town, Oran - Morley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Oran - Morley is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.85% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oran - Morley in 2022 was $27,831, 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 $111,324 for a family of four. However, Oran - Morley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oran - Morley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oran - Morley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oran - Morley include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Oran - Morley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Oran - Morley, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Oran - Morley are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.7% of U.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, 37.7% 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Oran - Morley, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report English roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (3.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.2%) 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 (12.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.