Ben Bolt is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,662 people and just one neighborhood, Ben Bolt is the 703rd largest community in Texas.
Ben Bolt is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ben Bolt is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ben Bolt who work in healthcare (14.55%), office and administrative support (12.28%), and teaching (11.53%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ben Bolt has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ben Bolt a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Ben Bolt does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Ben Bolt overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ben Bolt, 21.20% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ben Bolt in 2022 was $27,761, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,044 for a family of four. However, Ben Bolt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ben Bolt is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ben Bolt 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 Ben Bolt, accounting for 75.70% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ben Bolt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ben Bolt include German, Irish, English, Czechoslovakian, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Ben Bolt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.7% 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.
In addition, 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 94.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
A unique way of commuting is simply not to. And in the neighborhood, analysis shows that 33.9% of the residents work from home, avoiding a commute altogether. This may not seem like a large number, but it is a higher proportion of people working from home than is found in 97.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States. One thing NeighborhoodScout's research reveals is that the wealthier and/or more isolated the neighborhood, the greater the proportion of residents who choose to work from home.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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, 60.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
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 Ben Bolt are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.7% 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, 51.5% 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 21.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.3%), and 6.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 65.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (33.7%).
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 Ben Bolt, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (60.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Dutch roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (1.8%), along with some English 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (61.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.