Gerald is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,359 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gerald is the 325th largest community in Missouri.Gerald is a blue-collar town, with 39.00% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Gerald is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gerald who work in office and administrative support (14.89%), sales jobs (9.22%), and computer science and math (5.99%). Also of interest is that Gerald has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.62% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Gerald is worth considering. In Gerald, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Gerald doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Gerald are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.90% of adults in Gerald have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Gerald in 2022 was $29,561, 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 $118,244 for a family of four. However, Gerald contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gerald is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gerald home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gerald residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gerald include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Gerald is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Vietnamese.
