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Somerset, TX

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Overview


Somerset is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,800 people and just one neighborhood, Somerset is the 686th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Somerset, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.39% of Somerset’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Somerset is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Somerset who work in sales jobs (16.88%), office and administrative support (10.11%), and teaching (7.37%).

Setting & Lifestyle

In Somerset, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Somerset rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.78% of adults 25 and older in Somerset have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Somerset in 2018 was $24,896, 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 $99,584 for a family of four. However, Somerset contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Somerset is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Somerset 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 Somerset, accounting for 77.02% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Somerset residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Somerset include English, German, Irish, French, and Scots-Irish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

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, 75.8% 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 Somerset are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.4% 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, 36.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 22.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.2%), and 18.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 56.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (42.7%).

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 Somerset, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (75.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.9%), and residents who report German roots (3.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others. In addition, 11.9% 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 (29.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (12.5%) . 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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