Diana is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,825 people and just one neighborhood, Diana is the 401st largest community in Texas. Diana has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Diana, where the median household income is $91,250.00.
Diana real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Diana house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Diana is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.45% of the Diana workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Diana is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Diana who work in sales jobs (15.80%), office and administrative support (12.68%), and healthcare (7.96%).
Because of many things, Diana is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Diana a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Diana has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Diana’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Being a small town, Diana does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Diana who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.25% of the adults in Diana have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Diana in 2022 was $35,100, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,400 for a family of four. However, Diana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Diana home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Diana residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Diana include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Diana is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Texas. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Diana are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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, 35.5% 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 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.1%), and 13.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% 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 Diana, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (38.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (88.0%) 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.