St. James is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 3,903 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. James is the 175th largest community in Missouri.St. James is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, St. James is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. James who work in sales jobs (16.69%), management occupations (11.10%), and office and administrative support (10.97%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.51% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Being a small city, St. James does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, St. James is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.56% of adults 25 and older in St. James have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in St. James in 2022 was $23,711, 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 $94,844 for a family of four. However, St. James contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call St. James home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. James residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in St. James include Irish, German, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in St. James is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
