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Briggs, TX

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Overview


Briggs is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 101 people and just one neighborhood, Briggs is the 1042nd largest community in Texas. Briggs has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Briggs, where the median household income is .

Briggs real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Briggs house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Briggs, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 71.43% of Briggs’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Briggs is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Briggs who work in healthcare (28.57%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

A relatively large number of people in Briggs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 30.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Briggs’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Briggs has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Briggs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Briggs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Briggs may be for you.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Briggs with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.04% of adults in Briggs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Briggs in 2022 was $25,446, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,784 for a family of four. Briggs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Briggs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Briggs residents report their race to be White. Briggs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.59% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Briggs include English, Scots-Irish, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Briggs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 72.8% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Briggs is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in TX, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.9% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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 95.4% 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 Briggs are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 26.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.6% 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, 35.2% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.8%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 76.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (22.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Briggs, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (30.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.0%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.2%), among others. In addition, 13.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (68.5%) 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 (18.9%) . 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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