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Tenaha - Joaquin, TX

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Overview


Tenaha - Joaquin is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,841 people and just one neighborhood, Tenaha - Joaquin is the 391st largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Tenaha - Joaquin is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.34% of the Tenaha - Joaquin workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Tenaha - Joaquin is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tenaha - Joaquin who work in healthcare suport services (11.37%), sales jobs (8.76%), and office and administrative support (7.40%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Tenaha - Joaquin rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.17% of adults 25 and older in Tenaha - Joaquin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Tenaha - Joaquin in 2022 was $23,895, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,580 for a family of four. However, Tenaha - Joaquin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tenaha - Joaquin is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tenaha - Joaquin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tenaha - Joaquin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tenaha - Joaquin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.30% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tenaha - Joaquin include German, Irish, English, French, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Tenaha - Joaquin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Tenaha - Joaquin, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, 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 35 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.8% of America.

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 Tenaha - Joaquin are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.8% 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, 35.1% 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 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 18.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (13.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Tenaha - Joaquin, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (22.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 (35.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (86.3%) 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 (10.6%) . 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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