Steelville is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 1,443 people and two associated neighborhoods, Steelville is the 320th largest community in Missouri.When you are in Steelville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.64% of Steelville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Steelville is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Steelville who work in sales jobs (10.80%), maintenance occupations (9.72%), and management occupations (9.07%). 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!) Steelville 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. Steelville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Steelville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Steelville may be for you. Being a small city, Steelville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Steelville, just 11.90% 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 Steelville in 2022 was $19,302, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,208 for a family of four. The people who call Steelville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Steelville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Steelville include German, Irish, French, English, and European. The most common language spoken in Steelville is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
