Chilton is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 776 people and just one neighborhood, Chilton is the 876th largest community in Texas.
When you are in Chilton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.60% of Chilton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Chilton is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chilton who work in maintenance occupations (31.34%), office and administrative support (6.27%), and teaching (5.72%).
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!) Chilton 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. Chilton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chilton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chilton may be for you.
Being a small town, Chilton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Chilton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Chilton, 23.39% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Chilton in 2022 was $55,218, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $220,872 for a family of four. However, Chilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chilton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chilton 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 Chilton, accounting for 53.87% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Chilton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chilton include German, English, Scots-Irish, European, and Irish.
In addition, Chilton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.63%).
The most common language spoken in Chilton is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Chilton 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 86.9% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Chilton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 40.1% 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 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (25.8%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Chilton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (32.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report English roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others. In addition, 15.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (52.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.2%) 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 (20.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.