Itasca is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,767 people and just one neighborhood, Itasca is the 715th largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Itasca is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.46% of the Itasca workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Itasca is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Itasca who work in office and administrative support (11.22%), sales jobs (10.44%), and food service (9.27%).
Overall, Itasca’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small city, Itasca does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Itasca is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.81% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Itasca in 2022 was $26,577, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,308 for a family of four. However, Itasca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Itasca is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Itasca 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 Itasca, accounting for 43.51% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Itasca residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Itasca include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Itasca is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.0%) living in the neighborhood.
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 92.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Itasca are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.7% 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, 34.7% 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 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.0%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (11.4%).
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 Itasca, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (25.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report English roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.2%).
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 (29.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (86.1%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.