Winfield is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,602 people and just one neighborhood, Winfield is the 316th largest community in Missouri. Much of the housing stock in Winfield was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Winfield economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Winfield, where the median household income is $70,170.00.
Winfield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Winfield is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winfield who work in office and administrative support (13.02%), teaching (10.04%), and food service (9.20%).
Also of interest is that Winfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In Winfield, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Winfield 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 percentage of adults in Winfield with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.86% of adults in Winfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Winfield in 2022 was $28,305, 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 $113,220 for a family of four. However, Winfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Winfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Winfield include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Winfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Winfield are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 24.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.5% 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, 41.8% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 7.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.5%).
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 Winfield, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.2%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (81.0%) 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 (12.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.