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Von Ormy, TX

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Overview


Von Ormy is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,195 people and just one neighborhood, Von Ormy is the 796th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Von Ormy, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.62% of Von Ormy’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Von Ormy is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Von Ormy who work in sales jobs (16.70%), maintenance occupations (8.55%), and personal care services (5.50%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Von Ormy is worth considering.

Von Ormy is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Von Ormy is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.42% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Von Ormy in 2022 was $25,618, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,472 for a family of four. However, Von Ormy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Von Ormy is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Von Ormy 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 Von Ormy, accounting for 90.05% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Von Ormy residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Von Ormy include Italian, English, German, Irish, and Portuguese.

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

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

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 42.1% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 44.2% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.7% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.0% of American neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.0% of 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, 79.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 59.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Von Ormy are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.5% 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, 44.7% 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 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (13.6%), and 11.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 59.8% of households. Some people also speak English (40.2%).

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 Von Ormy, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (79.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report English roots (2.9%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others. In addition, 14.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (38.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.0%) 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 (7.0%) . 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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