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Celeste, TX

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Overview


Celeste is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 843 people and just one neighborhood, Celeste is the 866th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Celeste is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Celeste is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Celeste who work in office and administrative support (15.62%), management occupations (8.71%), and maintenance occupations (7.21%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Celeste is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Celeste, the average commute to work is 31.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Celeste 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

The population of Celeste has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.27% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Celeste in 2018 was $15,865, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,460 for a family of four. However, Celeste contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Celeste is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Celeste home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Celeste residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Celeste include English, German, Irish, French, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Celeste is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

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 90.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Celeste are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 35.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.7% 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, 37.9% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Celeste, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.2%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report German roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (67.3%) 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 (19.9%) . 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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