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Wink, TX

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Overview


Wink is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 876 people and just one neighborhood, Wink is the 841st largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Wink isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wink are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wink is a city of construction workers and builders, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wink who work in management occupations (16.24%), office and administrative support (14.44%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.27%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Wink is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Wink a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Wink has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Wink’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Being a small city, Wink does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Wink with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.70% of adults in Wink have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wink in 2022 was $35,770, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,080 for a family of four. However, Wink contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wink is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wink home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wink residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Wink also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wink include German, Dutch, Irish, English, and Welsh.

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

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

Real Estate

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 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

Of particular note, 6.5% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 9.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Texas. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Wink are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% 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, 38.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 14.6% 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 English, spoken by 72.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.

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 Wink, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (27.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.7%), and residents who report English roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (7.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.4%), among others. In addition, 11.2% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (87.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (6.1%) and 5.8% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. 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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