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Ballinger, TX

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Overview


Ballinger is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,581 people and just one neighborhood, Ballinger is the 468th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Ballinger isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ballinger are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ballinger is a city of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ballinger who work in management occupations (14.84%), teaching (10.81%), and office and administrative support (10.22%).

Of important note, Ballinger is also a city of artists. Ballinger has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Ballinger’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ballinger is worth considering.

Being a small city, Ballinger does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Ballinger citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.51% of adults 25 and older in Ballinger have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ballinger in 2022 was $28,921, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,684 for a family of four. However, Ballinger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ballinger is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ballinger home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ballinger residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ballinger also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ballinger include German, Irish, English, French, and European.

The most common language spoken in Ballinger is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.9% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 13 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.3% of America.

People

With more than 1.7% of residents living with a same sex partner, is truly a neighborhood that stands out from the rest in this regard. In fact, exclusive analysis by NeighborhoodScout reveals that this neighborhood has a greater concentration of same sex couples than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Ballinger is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in TX, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.0% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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 Ballinger are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 62.1% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.9%), and 14.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 78.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (20.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Ballinger, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (30.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.6%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (4.3%), among others.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (89.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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