Fruitvale is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 515 people and just one neighborhood, Fruitvale is the 944th largest community in Texas.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fruitvale is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fruitvale is a city of managers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fruitvale who work in management occupations (32.99%), food service (8.12%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.61%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Fruitvale has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
The city 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, Fruitvale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fruitvale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Fruitvale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fruitvale, the average commute to work is 30.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The population of Fruitvale has a very low overall level of education: only 9.18% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Fruitvale in 2022 was $66,554, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $266,216 for a family of four. However, Fruitvale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fruitvale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fruitvale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fruitvale residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Fruitvale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fruitvale include Irish, German, European, Italian, and African.
The most common language spoken in Fruitvale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 37.0% 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, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 43 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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 Fruitvale are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 64.8% of America'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, 33.3% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 33.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.3%), and 7.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 78.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (21.3%).
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 Fruitvale, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (21.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.6%), and residents who report German roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.2%), among others. In addition, 10.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (30.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.8%) 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 (12.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.