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Rocky Comfort, MO

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Overview


Rocky Comfort is a tiny town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 176 people and just one neighborhood, Rocky Comfort is the 521st largest community in Missouri. Much of the housing stock in Rocky Comfort was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Rocky Comfort is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rocky Comfort is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rocky Comfort who work in sales jobs (77.33%), maintenance occupations (22.67%), and office and administrative support (0.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Rocky Comfort is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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

One downside of living in Rocky Comfort is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rocky Comfort, the average commute to work is 47.60 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Rocky Comfort is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Rocky Comfort isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Rocky Comfort does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Rocky Comfort citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.29% of adults in Rocky Comfort have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Rocky Comfort in 2022 was $29,282, 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 $117,128 for a family of four. However, Rocky Comfort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rocky Comfort is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rocky Comfort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rocky Comfort residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Rocky Comfort include Irish, English, French, European, and Swiss.

The most common language spoken in Rocky Comfort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Serbo-Croatian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.2% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Rocky Comfort 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 87.4% of the neighborhoods in Missouri. If you are considering retiring to Missouri, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 4.6% have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Rocky Comfort are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.8% 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, 34.9% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (27.5%), and 6.0% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.9% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (9.5%).

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 Rocky Comfort, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report Native American roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (76.3%) 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 (6.2%) . 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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