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Coahoma, TX

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Overview


Coahoma is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 905 people and just one neighborhood, Coahoma is the 832nd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Coahoma isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Coahoma are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Coahoma is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coahoma who work in teaching (14.04%), sales jobs (13.28%), and office and administrative support (8.02%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small town, Coahoma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Coahoma rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.78% of adults 25 and older in Coahoma 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 Coahoma in 2018 was $28,656, 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 $114,624 for a family of four. However, Coahoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Coahoma is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coahoma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coahoma residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Coahoma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.63% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Coahoma include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scandinavian.

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

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 Coahoma, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 96.2% of the neighborhoods in 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 Coahoma are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.4% 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 67.2% 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, 33.5% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.7%), and 11.3% 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 82.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Coahoma, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (34.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report English roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

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 (12.6%) . 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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