Houston is a tiny town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 404 people and just one neighborhood, Houston is the 37th largest community in Delaware. Much of the housing stock in Houston was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Houston isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Houston are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Houston is a town of managers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Houston who work in management occupations (24.18%), healthcare suport services (11.48%), and sales jobs (8.61%).
A relatively large number of people in Houston telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 28.93% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Houston 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. Houston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Houston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Houston may be for you.
Houston is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Houston ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.28% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Houston in 2022 was $42,164, which is upper middle income relative to Delaware and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,656 for a family of four. However, Houston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Houston is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Houston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Houston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Houston include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Houston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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.
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 Houston are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.3% 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, 34.8% 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 33.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.8%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households.
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 Houston, DE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report English roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (13.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.