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Banquete, TX

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Overview


Banquete is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 745 people and just one neighborhood, Banquete is the 882nd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Banquete isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Banquete are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Banquete is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Banquete who work in sales jobs (19.65%), office and administrative support (15.61%), and teaching (14.45%).

Of important note, Banquete is also a town of artists. Banquete has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Banquete’s character.

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!) Banquete 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. Banquete has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Banquete than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Banquete may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Banquete spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.16 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Banquete 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 percentage of people in Banquete who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.63% of adults in Banquete have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Banquete in 2018 was $22,636, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,544 for a family of four. However, Banquete contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Banquete also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.64% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Banquete is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Banquete 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 Banquete, accounting for 94.51% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Banquete residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Banquete include Norwegian, Irish, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

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

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.

People

An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.2% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 33.4% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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, 76.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Banquete are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.4% 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, 38.7% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.4%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 61.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Greek.

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 Banquete, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (76.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (3.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (1.7%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.3%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (1.2%), among others. In addition, 11.2% 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.2%) 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 (5.7%) . 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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