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    Houck, AZ

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    Overview


    Houck is a tiny town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 886 people and just one neighborhood, Houck is the 152nd largest community in Arizona.

    Occupations and Workforce

    Houck is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.11% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Houck is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Houck who work in office and administrative support (16.41%), business and financial occupations (12.60%), and healthcare suport services (9.92%).

    Also of interest is that Houck has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

    One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.78% 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.

    Setting & Lifestyle

    The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Houck has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Houck a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

    One downside of living in Houck, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.49 minutes every day commuting to work.

    As is often the case in a small town, Houck doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

    Demographics

    The population of Houck has a very low overall level of education: only 6.15% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

    The per capita income in Houck in 2022 was $16,018, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,072 for a family of four. However, Houck contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Houck also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.81% of its population below the federal poverty line.

    The people who call Houck home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Houck residents report their race to be Native American, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Houck include English, Irish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

    The most common language spoken in Houck is Native American languages. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and English.

    Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

    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 Houck, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

    Occupations

    The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 19.8% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

    People

    One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

    In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 94.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

    Real Estate

    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 8 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.5% of America.

    In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 30.4%, which is higher than 95.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

    Furthermore, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 29.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

    Diversity

    Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 95.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

    is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 67.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

    Migration / Stability

    Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

    The Neighbors

    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 Houck are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.1% 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, 25.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.1%), and 22.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

    Languages

    The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Native American languages, spoken by 67.2% of households. Some people also speak English (32.9%).

    Ethnicity / Ancestry

    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 Houck, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (95.4%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (1.3%).

    Getting to Work

    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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

    Here most residents (84.7%) 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 (6.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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