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Sinton, TX

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Overview


Sinton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,510 people and just one neighborhood, Sinton is the 353rd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Sinton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.66% of Sinton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Sinton is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sinton who work in sales jobs (10.39%), food service (8.71%), and teaching (7.97%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The citizens of Sinton have a very low rate of college education: just 7.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Sinton in 2018 was $21,548, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,192 for a family of four. However, Sinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sinton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.63% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Sinton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sinton 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 Sinton, accounting for 77.95% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Sinton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sinton include English, German, Polish, Italian, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Sinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.

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 Sinton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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.

In addition, the neighborhood is unique for having just 7.1% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.1% of America's neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 73.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 0.5% have Czechoslovakian 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 Sinton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 42.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 39.8% 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 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.7%), and 9.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 55.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (44.1%).

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 Sinton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (73.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.8%), and residents who report German roots (2.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.3%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (14.2%) . 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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