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Wilmer, TX

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Overview


Wilmer is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,833 people and just one neighborhood, Wilmer is the 383rd largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wilmer, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Wilmer, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wilmer’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Wilmer does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $63,003.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wilmer is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wilmer is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilmer who work in office and administrative support (16.53%), management occupations (14.84%), and food service (8.69%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Wilmer has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wilmer a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Wilmer, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.27 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

The population of Wilmer has a very low overall level of education: only 6.66% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Wilmer in 2018 was $22,714, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,856 for a family of four. However, Wilmer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wilmer is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wilmer 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 Wilmer, accounting for 47.34% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Wilmer residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Wilmer include German, Irish, Italian, Nigerian, and French.

Wilmer also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.71%.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 44.1% 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.

People

Of particular note, 3.3% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

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 Wilmer are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.4%), and 17.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 54.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (45.1%).

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 Wilmer, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (41.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.1%), and residents who report German roots (4.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.1%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (3.8%), among others. In addition, 16.4% 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (88.6%) 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 (6.2%) . 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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