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Hart, TX

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Overview


Hart is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 862 people and just one neighborhood, Hart is the 852nd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Hart is a blue-collar town, with 51.02% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Hart is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hart who work in farm management occupations (13.54%), teaching (8.58%), and sales jobs (7.00%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Hart work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Setting & Lifestyle

Hart is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

Hart ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.83% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hart in 2022 was $19,169, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,676 for a family of four. However, Hart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hart is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hart 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 Hart, accounting for 88.97% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hart include African, German, English, Scottish, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Hart's cultural character, accounting for 21.50% of the city’s population.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 24.1% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 57.8% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 67.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

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 Hart are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.9% of U.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, 26.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 20.5% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 54.4% of households. Some people also speak English (45.3%).

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 Hart, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (67.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report English roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.9%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.6%), among others. In addition, 24.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (57.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.1%) 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 (16.9%) . 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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