Como is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 737 people and just one neighborhood, Como is the 888th largest community in Texas.
Como is a blue-collar town, with 44.12% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Como is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Como who work in sales jobs (19.85%), management occupations (12.87%), and maintenance occupations (6.25%).
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, Como has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Como a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Como doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Como has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.93% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Como in 2022 was $44,251, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,004 for a family of four. However, Como contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Como is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Como home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Como residents report their race to be White. Como also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.14% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Como include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
Como also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.21%.
The most common language spoken in Como is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Como, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 28 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Como 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 87.5% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Significantly, 2.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Como are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.6% 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, 41.0% 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 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.0%), and 14.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 71.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 Como, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (31.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report English roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.3%), among others. In addition, 16.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.7%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.