Bland is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 504 people and just one neighborhood, Bland is the 416th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some cities, Bland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bland is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bland who work in office and administrative support (18.58%), healthcare suport services (18.03%), and teaching (6.01%).
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!) Bland 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. Bland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bland may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Bland doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Bland has a very low overall level of education: only 7.46% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Bland in 2022 was $21,991, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,964 for a family of four. However, Bland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bland residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bland include German, Irish, English, European, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Bland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 51.5% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
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 25 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.6% 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 Bland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 45.5% 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 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.0%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Bland, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.6%), and residents who report English roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.9%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.