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Morgan's Point Resort, TX

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Overview


Morgan's Point Resort is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,772 people and just one neighborhood, Morgan's Point Resort is the 402nd largest community in Texas. Morgan's Point Resort has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Morgan's Point Resort, where the median household income is $80,223.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Morgan's Point Resort is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Morgan's Point Resort is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morgan's Point Resort who work in management occupations (12.92%), healthcare (12.84%), and office and administrative support (10.96%).

A relatively large number of people in Morgan's Point Resort telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Morgan's Point Resort is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Morgan's Point Resort really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Morgan's Point Resort perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Morgan's Point Resort is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Morgan's Point Resort, the average commute to work is 31.03 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small city, Morgan's Point Resort doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

Morgan's Point Resort is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 44.81% of adults in Morgan's Point Resort have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Morgan's Point Resort in 2018 was $35,469, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,876 for a family of four. However, Morgan's Point Resort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Morgan's Point Resort is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morgan's Point Resort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morgan's Point Resort residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Morgan's Point Resort also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morgan's Point Resort include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Morgan's Point Resort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic 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 Morgan's Point Resort, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Morgan's Point Resort is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in TX, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.4% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Brazilian ancestry.

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 Morgan's Point Resort are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.7% of U.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, 44.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.8%), and 12.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.0%).

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 Morgan's Point Resort, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.4%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report German roots (12.7%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.4%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.

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 (69.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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