Ironton - Pilot Knob is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,659 people and just one neighborhood, Ironton - Pilot Knob is the second largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some towns, Ironton - Pilot Knob isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ironton - Pilot Knob are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ironton - Pilot Knob is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ironton - Pilot Knob who work in office and administrative support (11.21%), business and financial occupations (7.51%), and food service (7.10%).
The percentage of adults in Ironton - Pilot Knob who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.21% of the adults in Ironton - Pilot Knob have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ironton - Pilot Knob in 2022 was $24,050, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,200 for a family of four. However, Ironton - Pilot Knob contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ironton - Pilot Knob home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ironton - Pilot Knob residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ironton - Pilot Knob include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Ironton - Pilot Knob is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Ironton - Pilot Knob, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.7%) living in the neighborhood.
In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Ironton - Pilot Knob is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MO, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.7% of the neighborhoods in Missouri. If you are considering retiring to Missouri, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ironton - Pilot Knob are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.1% 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, 31.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 17.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.9%).
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 Ironton - Pilot Knob, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report English roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.4%) 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 (8.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.