Roxton is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 556 people and just one neighborhood, Roxton is the 923rd largest community in Texas.
Unlike some cities, Roxton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Roxton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Roxton is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Roxton who work in office and administrative support (15.70%), sales jobs (13.22%), and healthcare suport services (11.57%).
As is often the case in a small city, Roxton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Roxton is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.79% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Roxton in 2022 was $27,792, 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 $111,168 for a family of four. However, Roxton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roxton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roxton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roxton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roxton include Irish, Dutch, English, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Roxton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 13.8% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 15 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.0% of America.
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 Roxton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.6% 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, 32.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.5%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.9%).
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 Roxton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.9%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
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 (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.