Anton is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 916 people and just one neighborhood, Anton is the 843rd largest community in Texas.
When you are in Anton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.54% of Anton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Anton is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Anton who work in office and administrative support (13.36%), maintenance occupations (8.29%), and food service (6.45%).
Also of interest is that Anton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Anton is also a city of artists. Anton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Anton’s character.
One downside of living in Anton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.68 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Anton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Anton, just 9.45% 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 Anton in 2022 was $22,746, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,984 for a family of four. However, Anton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Anton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Anton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Anton, accounting for 52.01% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Anton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Anton include English, Irish, German, Swedish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Anton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Anton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 15 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.0% of America.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 41.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.2% of American neighborhoods.
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 Anton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 41.9% 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 22.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.1%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 68.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (31.3%).
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 Anton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (49.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report German roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.4%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (61.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (14.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.