Wright City is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 5,241 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wright City is the 138th largest community in Missouri. Wright City has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Wright City, where the median household income is $74,904.00.When you are in Wright City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.88% of Wright City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wright City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wright City who work in office and administrative support (10.46%), sales jobs (9.63%), and healthcare (6.93%). Also of interest is that Wright City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of adults in Wright City who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.68% of the adults in Wright City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Wright City in 2022 was $29,328, 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 $117,312 for a family of four. However, Wright City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wright City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wright City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wright City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wright City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wright City include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Wright City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
