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Wortham - Streetman is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,328 people and just one neighborhood, Wortham - Streetman is the 608th largest community in Texas.
Occupations and Workforce
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wortham - Streetman is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.47% of the Wortham - Streetman workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Wortham - Streetman is a town of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wortham - Streetman who work in office and administrative support (11.17%), personal care services (9.63%), and teaching (7.42%).
Setting & Lifestyle
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!) Wortham - Streetman 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. Wortham - Streetman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wortham - Streetman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wortham - Streetman may be for you.
Being a small town, Wortham - Streetman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
The education level of Wortham - Streetman citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.09% of adults 25 and older in Wortham - Streetman have a college degree.
The per capita income in Wortham - Streetman in 2018 was $26,602, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,408 for a family of four. However, Wortham - Streetman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wortham - Streetman is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wortham - Streetman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wortham - Streetman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wortham - Streetman include German, Irish, French, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Wortham - Streetman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Wortham - Streetman, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real Estate
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 21 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.4% of America.
People
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Wortham - Streetman 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 85.8% 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 Scots-Irish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 8.4% have French 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 Wortham - Streetman are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.8% 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, 39.4% 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 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.6%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.0%).
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 Wortham - Streetman, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report French roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (8.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.8%), among others.
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 (38.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.4%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
