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Santa Rosa, TX

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Overview


Santa Rosa is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,408 people and just one neighborhood, Santa Rosa is the 585th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Santa Rosa is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Santa Rosa is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Rosa who work in office and administrative support (14.97%), healthcare suport services (11.71%), and maintenance occupations (10.39%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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

Santa Rosa is a small town, 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 Santa Rosa has a very low overall level of education: only 6.82% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Santa Rosa in 2018 was $13,210, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $52,840 for a family of four. However, Santa Rosa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Santa Rosa also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.14% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Santa Rosa is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa, accounting for 99.32% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Santa Rosa residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Santa Rosa include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

The most common language spoken in Santa Rosa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Santa Rosa, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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, 90.4% 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 Santa Rosa are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.8% 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, 29.6% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.0%), and 22.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 55.6% of households. Some people also speak English (43.7%).

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 Santa Rosa, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (90.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (3.1%), and residents who report South American roots (2.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (1.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), among others. In addition, 14.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (54.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.5%) 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 (5.5%) . 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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