Roscoe - Blackwell is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,531 people and just one neighborhood, Roscoe - Blackwell is the 564th largest community in Texas.
Roscoe - Blackwell is a blue-collar town, with 40.28% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Roscoe - Blackwell is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Roscoe - Blackwell who work in management occupations (8.76%), maintenance occupations (8.66%), and office and administrative support (7.74%).
Being a small town, Roscoe - Blackwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Roscoe - Blackwell citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.03% of adults in Roscoe - Blackwell have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Roscoe - Blackwell in 2022 was $30,934, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,736 for a family of four. However, Roscoe - Blackwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roscoe - Blackwell is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Roscoe - Blackwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roscoe - Blackwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Roscoe - Blackwell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Roscoe - Blackwell include German, Irish, English, European, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Roscoe - Blackwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Roscoe - Blackwell 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 85.3% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Roscoe - Blackwell are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.7% 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, 37.8% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.5%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 73.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (25.8%).
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 Roscoe - Blackwell, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (33.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.4%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.6%) 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 (14.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.