Grulla is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,209 people and just one neighborhood, Grulla is the 784th largest community in Texas.
Grulla is a blue-collar town, with 41.52% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Grulla is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grulla who work in healthcare suport services (14.13%), office and administrative support (9.35%), and business and financial occupations (8.04%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.17% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Grulla is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Grulla ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 1.07% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Grulla in 2022 was $15,614, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,456 for a family of four. However, Grulla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grulla is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grulla 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 Grulla, accounting for 92.05% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Grulla residents report their race to be Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grulla include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Grulla is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and African languages.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 47.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.2% of American neighborhoods.
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, 93.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 92.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Grulla are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.8% 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, 47.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (14.2%), and 11.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 92.6% of households. Some people also speak English (7.4%).
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 Grulla, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (93.7%). There are also a number of people of Spanish ancestry (2.8%), and residents who report English roots (2.1%). In addition, 26.2% 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 (45.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (64.8%) 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 (17.8%) and 9.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.