Old Monroe is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 269 people and just one neighborhood, Old Monroe is the 481st largest community in Missouri.
Old Monroe real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Old Monroe house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities, Old Monroe isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Old Monroe are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Old Monroe is a city of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Old Monroe who work in healthcare (16.09%), maintenance occupations (10.34%), and office and administrative support (8.05%).
Also of interest is that Old Monroe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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!) Old Monroe 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. Old Monroe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Old Monroe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Old Monroe may be for you.
Being a small city, Old Monroe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Old Monroe, just 7.34% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Old Monroe in 2022 was $23,668, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,672 for a family of four. However, Old Monroe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Old Monroe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Old Monroe residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Old Monroe include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Old Monroe 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.
Our research reveals that 88.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 37.7% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 0.4% have Yugoslav ancestry.
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 Old Monroe are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.9% 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 52.8% of America'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, 33.9% 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 32.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.2%), and 7.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.5%).
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 Old Monroe, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report English roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (29.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (88.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.