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Hart, TX

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Overview


Hart is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 862 people and just one neighborhood, Hart is the 852nd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Hart, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.02% of Hart’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Hart is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hart who work in farm management occupations (13.54%), teaching (8.58%), and sales jobs (7.00%).

Another important characteristic of Hart is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Setting & Lifestyle

Hart 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 Hart has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.83% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Hart in 2018 was $19,169, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,676 for a family of four. However, Hart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hart is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hart 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 Hart, accounting for 88.97% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hart include African, German, English, Scottish, and Polish.

Hart also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.50%.

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

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

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 4 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 57.8% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

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, 67.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

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 Hart are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.9% 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, 26.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 20.5% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 54.4% of households. Some people also speak English (45.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Hart, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (67.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report English roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.9%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.6%), among others. In addition, 24.8% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (57.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.1%) 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 (16.9%) . 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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