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Bakersfield, MO

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Overview


Bakersfield is a tiny village located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 194 people and just one neighborhood, Bakersfield is the 518th largest community in Missouri.

Occupations and Workforce

Bakersfield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bakersfield is a village of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bakersfield who work in management occupations (18.39%), maintenance occupations (14.94%), and office and administrative support (6.90%).

Also of interest is that Bakersfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Bakersfield’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The village 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, Bakersfield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bakersfield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small village, Bakersfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Bakersfield has a very low overall level of education: only 7.43% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Bakersfield in 2022 was $34,191, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,764 for a family of four. However, Bakersfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bakersfield also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 46.75% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Bakersfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bakersfield residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bakersfield include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Bakersfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

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

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 5.3% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 11 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Bakersfield 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 85.8% of the neighborhoods in Missouri. If you are considering retiring to Missouri, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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 Bakersfield are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.7% 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, 35.7% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 7.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households.

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 Bakersfield, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report German roots (13.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 (37.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (80.7%) 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 (11.4%) . 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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