Wheatland is a tiny city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 283 people and just one neighborhood, Wheatland is the 472nd largest community in Missouri.
Wheatland is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wheatland is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheatland who work in maintenance occupations (36.14%), healthcare suport services (15.66%), and office and administrative support (8.43%).
Also of interest is that Wheatland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Wheatland is worth considering.
One downside of living in Wheatland, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.42 minutes every day commuting to work.
Wheatland is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Wheatland, just 7.14% 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 Wheatland in 2022 was $15,750, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,000 for a family of four. Wheatland also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.43% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Wheatland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wheatland residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wheatland include German, English, Scots-Irish, French, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Wheatland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
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.
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 11 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.7% of America.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.2% of this neighborhood's residents have English 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 Wheatland are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.7% 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, 31.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.8%), and 19.8% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.3%).
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 Wheatland, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (24.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (3.4%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.9%) 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 (15.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.