Senath is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,519 people and just one neighborhood, Senath is the 310th largest community in Missouri.
When you are in Senath, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.28% of Senath’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Senath is a city of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Senath who work in farm management occupations (18.22%), sales jobs (10.59%), and healthcare suport services (10.22%).
Another important characteristic of Senath is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Senath is worth considering.
The population of Senath has a very low overall level of education: only 9.11% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Senath in 2022 was $18,920, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,680 for a family of four. However, Senath contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Senath is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Senath home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Senath residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Senath also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Senath include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and French.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Senath's cultural character, accounting for 19.91% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Senath 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.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 14.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 34 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.0% of America.
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 Senath are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.5% 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, 30.9% 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 20.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 16.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 66.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (34.0%).
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 Senath, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (40.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report German roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.2%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others. In addition, 15.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (40.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (72.8%) 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 (20.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.