Ladonia - Dodd City is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,695 people and just one neighborhood, Ladonia - Dodd City is the 568th largest community in Texas.
Unlike some towns, Ladonia - Dodd City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ladonia - Dodd City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ladonia - Dodd City is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ladonia - Dodd City who work in management occupations (16.65%), office and administrative support (11.04%), and teaching (9.20%).
Also of interest is that Ladonia - Dodd City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.43% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
One downside of living in Ladonia - Dodd City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.47 minutes every day commuting to work.
The population of Ladonia - Dodd City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ladonia - Dodd City, 23.33% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ladonia - Dodd City in 2022 was $35,967, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,868 for a family of four. However, Ladonia - Dodd City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ladonia - Dodd City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ladonia - Dodd City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ladonia - Dodd City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ladonia - Dodd City include German, Irish, English, Polish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Ladonia - Dodd City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 16 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.7% of America.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.2% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Texas, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Texas.
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 Ladonia - Dodd City are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.0% 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 58.7% 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, 44.2% 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 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.9%), and 13.7% 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 95.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Ladonia - Dodd City, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (12.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report English roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.
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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (13.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.