Kahoka is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,995 people and just one neighborhood, Kahoka is the 277th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kahoka is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kahoka is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kahoka who work in sales jobs (15.50%), healthcare (11.24%), and food service (8.91%).
As is often the case in a small city, Kahoka doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Kahoka is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.12% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kahoka in 2022 was $20,665, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,660 for a family of four. However, Kahoka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kahoka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kahoka residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kahoka include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Kahoka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.8% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.5% of American neighborhoods.
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 Kahoka are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 60.3% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 43.8% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 8.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.
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 Kahoka, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report English roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.3%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 (36.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.2%) 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 (7.4%) and 5.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.