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West Alton - Portage Des Sioux is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 2,076 people and just one neighborhood, West Alton - Portage Des Sioux is the 272nd largest community in Missouri.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in West Alton - Portage Des Sioux, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.96% of West Alton - Portage Des Sioux’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, West Alton - Portage Des Sioux is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Alton - Portage Des Sioux who work in management occupations (10.03%), office and administrative support (8.51%), and maintenance occupations (7.78%).
Setting & Lifestyle
West Alton - Portage Des Sioux is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, West Alton - Portage Des Sioux’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, West Alton - Portage Des Sioux has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes West Alton - Portage Des Sioux a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
West Alton - Portage Des Sioux is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Demographics
The percentage of adults in West Alton - Portage Des Sioux who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.86% of the adults in West Alton - Portage Des Sioux have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in West Alton - Portage Des Sioux in 2022 was $40,014, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,056 for a family of four. However, West Alton - Portage Des Sioux contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call West Alton - Portage Des Sioux home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Alton - Portage Des Sioux residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Alton - Portage Des Sioux include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in West Alton - Portage Des Sioux is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and German/Yiddish.
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 West Alton - Portage Des Sioux, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real Estate
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 19 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
People
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.3% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Missouri. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 53.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 West Alton - Portage Des Sioux are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 70.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.3% 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 60.7% of America'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, 36.8% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.8%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 West Alton - Portage Des Sioux, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (53.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.7%), and residents who report English roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.0%) 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 (6.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
