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Elsa, TX

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Overview


Elsa is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,664 people and just one neighborhood, Elsa is the 348th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Elsa was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Elsa economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Elsa, where the median household income is $44,505.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elsa is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.12% of the Elsa workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elsa is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elsa who work in sales jobs (12.98%), office and administrative support (10.15%), and teaching (10.10%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The citizens of Elsa have a very low rate of college education: just 8.98% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Elsa in 2018 was $23,203, 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 $92,812 for a family of four. However, Elsa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Elsa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elsa 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 Elsa, accounting for 99.58% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Elsa residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Elsa include Scottish, French, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

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

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.

People

An extraordinary 12.1% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.

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, 99.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 88.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Elsa are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.6% 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, 33.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.1%), and 15.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 88.1% of households. Some people also speak English (11.9%).

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 Elsa, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (99.6%). In addition, 10.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.3%) 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 (14.6%) . 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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