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Tarkio - Fairfax, MO

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Overview


Tarkio - Fairfax is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,949 people and just one neighborhood, Tarkio - Fairfax is the 200th largest community in Missouri. Tarkio - Fairfax has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Tarkio - Fairfax isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tarkio - Fairfax are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tarkio - Fairfax is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tarkio - Fairfax who work in management occupations (11.32%), maintenance occupations (10.63%), and office and administrative support (9.18%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Tarkio - Fairfax 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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Tarkio - Fairfax who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.78% of the adults in Tarkio - Fairfax have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tarkio - Fairfax in 2022 was $32,677, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,708 for a family of four. However, Tarkio - Fairfax contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Tarkio - Fairfax home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tarkio - Fairfax residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tarkio - Fairfax include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Tarkio - Fairfax is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

If you are planning to retire in Missouri, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Missouri, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 98.9% of neighborhoods in MO. If a Missouri retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

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 95.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 Tarkio - Fairfax are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.1% 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, 30.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.2%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Tarkio - Fairfax, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.3%), and residents who report English roots (10.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (1.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (8.4%) . 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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