Pine Lawn is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,701 people and just one neighborhood, Pine Lawn is the 223rd largest community in Missouri. Pine Lawn has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
Pine Lawn is a blue-collar town, with 36.20% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Pine Lawn is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Lawn who work in maintenance occupations (19.39%), healthcare suport services (11.90%), and office and administrative support (7.85%).
Also of interest is that Pine Lawn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
For a small city, Pine Lawn has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Pine Lawn exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The population of Pine Lawn has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.88% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Pine Lawn in 2022 was $11,805, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $47,220 for a family of four. Pine Lawn also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.13% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Pine Lawn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Lawn residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pine Lawn include German, Canadian, Italian, Jamaican, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Pine Lawn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the neighborhood about it; they already know. 29.9% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.5% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 98.4% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% of all American neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 5.0% have Jamaican ancestry.
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 Pine Lawn are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% of U.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, 42.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 36.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (11.0%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.
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 Pine Lawn, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Jamaican (5.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (1.7%), and residents who report Canadian roots (1.4%).
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (67.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (5.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.