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Josephine - Nevada, TX

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Overview


Josephine - Nevada is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 13,670 people and just one neighborhood, Josephine - Nevada is the 291st largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Josephine - Nevada, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Josephine - Nevada, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Josephine - Nevada’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Josephine - Nevada does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $112,564.00.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Josephine - Nevada isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Josephine - Nevada are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Josephine - Nevada is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Josephine - Nevada who work in office and administrative support (11.65%), management occupations (10.39%), and business and financial occupations (9.27%).

Also of interest is that Josephine - Nevada has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.75% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Josephine - Nevada is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Josephine - Nevada a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Josephine - Nevada has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Josephine - Nevada’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Josephine - Nevada is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Josephine - Nevada, the average commute to work is 40.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Josephine - Nevada who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.10% of adults in Josephine - Nevada have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Josephine - Nevada in 2022 was $41,922, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $167,688 for a family of four. However, Josephine - Nevada contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Josephine - Nevada is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Josephine - Nevada home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Josephine - Nevada residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Josephine - Nevada also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.04% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Josephine - Nevada include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Josephine - Nevada is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

Homes built from 2000 through today make up a higher proportion of the neighborhood's real estate landscape than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America. When you are driving around this neighborhood, you'll notice right away that it is one of the newest built of any, with the smell of fresh paint, and the look of young landscaping nearly everywhere you look. In fact, 75.7% of the residential real estate here is classified as newer.

In addition, real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.9% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Texas. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.

The Neighbors

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 Josephine - Nevada are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 82.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.9% 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 58.8% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 45.4% 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 20.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (11.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Josephine - Nevada, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (15.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.

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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (72.0%) 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 (13.5%) . 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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