Herculaneum is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 5,245 people and just one neighborhood, Herculaneum is the 146th largest community in Missouri. Much of the housing stock in Herculaneum was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Herculaneum economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Herculaneum, where the median household income is $88,778.00.
Herculaneum is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Herculaneum is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Herculaneum who work in office and administrative support (14.17%), management occupations (12.05%), and healthcare (8.56%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.60% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Herculaneum is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Herculaneum really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Herculaneum perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Herculaneum 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.
The population of Herculaneum overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Herculaneum, 23.44% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Herculaneum in 2022 was $34,178, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,712 for a family of four. However, Herculaneum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Herculaneum is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Herculaneum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Herculaneum residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Herculaneum include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Herculaneum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Herculaneum, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 3.5% have Dutch 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 Herculaneum are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 28.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.9% 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, 32.6% 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 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.7%), and 18.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.5%).
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 Herculaneum, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (6.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.3%) 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 (13.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.