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Wyaconda, MO

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Overview


Wyaconda is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 209 people and just one neighborhood, Wyaconda is the 498th largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wyaconda is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 57.65% of the Wyaconda workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Wyaconda is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wyaconda who work in office and administrative support (16.47%), farm management occupations (15.29%), and management occupations (11.76%).

In addition, many people in Wyaconda have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Wyaconda 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. Wyaconda has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wyaconda than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wyaconda may be for you.

One downside of living in Wyaconda, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 42.43 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small city, Wyaconda doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Wyaconda has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.92% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Wyaconda in 2022 was $30,275, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,100 for a family of four. However, Wyaconda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wyaconda also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.20% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Wyaconda home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wyaconda residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Wyaconda include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Wyaconda is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

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.

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 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 35.2% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

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 95.6% 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 Wyaconda are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.0% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.1%), and 7.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% 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 Wyaconda, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report English roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.6%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (72.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.9%) . 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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