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Maysville, MO

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Overview


Maysville is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,096 people and just one neighborhood, Maysville is the 343rd largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Maysville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.89% of Maysville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Maysville is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maysville who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (10.99%), office and administrative support (7.85%), and teaching (7.40%).

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

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

Demographics

In Maysville, just 11.51% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Maysville in 2022 was $21,723, 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 $86,892 for a family of four. However, Maysville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Maysville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maysville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Maysville include German, English, Irish, European, and French.

The most common language spoken in Maysville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Vietnamese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Maysville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 17 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.5% of America.

People

If you are planning to retire in Missouri, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Missouri, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.0% of neighborhoods in MO. If a Missouri retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 2.0% have Native American ancestry.

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 Maysville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.9% 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 34.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.5%), and 13.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Maysville, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (2.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (31.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (76.2%) 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 (12.8%) . 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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