Urich is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 474 people and just one neighborhood, Urich is the 422nd largest community in Missouri. Urich has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
Urich is a blue-collar town, with 35.09% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Urich is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Urich who work in sales jobs (13.45%), office and administrative support (12.28%), and food service (8.19%).
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!) Urich 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. Urich has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Urich than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Urich may be for you.
In Urich, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.41 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Urich doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Urich have a very low rate of college education: just 8.12% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Urich in 2022 was $26,925, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,700 for a family of four. However, Urich contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Urich home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Urich residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Urich include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Urich is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in 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 Urich are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.8% 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 68.5% 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, 33.2% 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 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Urich, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report English roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 (29.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.9%) 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 (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.