Viburnum is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 658 people and just one neighborhood, Viburnum is the 389th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some cities, Viburnum isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Viburnum are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Viburnum is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Viburnum who work in maintenance occupations (17.29%), sales jobs (12.78%), and management occupations (7.52%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Viburnum has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Viburnum has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Viburnum than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Viburnum may be for you.
Viburnum 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.
The citizens of Viburnum are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.79% of adults in Viburnum having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Viburnum in 2022 was $30,160, 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 $120,640 for a family of four. However, Viburnum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Viburnum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Viburnum residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Viburnum include German, Irish, French, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Viburnum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Viburnum are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 47.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.0% 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, 28.5% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.5%), and 20.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Viburnum, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report English roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.4%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.5%) 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 (20.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.