It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pollok has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pollok has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pollok than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pollok may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Pollok doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Pollok with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.35% of adults in Pollok have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pollok in 2018 was $29,364, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,456 for a family of four. However, Pollok contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pollok is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pollok home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pollok residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pollok also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.91% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pollok include Irish, English, German, Swedish, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Pollok is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
