Poolville is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,543 people and just one neighborhood, Poolville is the 443rd largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Poolville, 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 Poolville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Poolville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Poolville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $69,620.00.
Unlike some towns, Poolville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Poolville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Poolville is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Poolville who work in sales jobs (16.39%), management occupations (13.26%), and business and financial occupations (7.22%).
Also of interest is that Poolville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Poolville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.80% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
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, Poolville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Poolville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Poolville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.88 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Poolville is a small town, 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, the citizens of Poolville rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.04% of adults 25 and older in Poolville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Poolville in 2022 was $35,210, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,840 for a family of four. However, Poolville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Poolville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Poolville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Poolville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Poolville include English, Scottish, German, Irish, and Lebanese.
The most common language spoken in Poolville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.1% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.1% 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lebanese and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry and 6.4% have Scottish ancestry.
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 Poolville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.7% 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, 37.2% 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 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 8.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.3%).
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 Poolville, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.2%). There are also a number of people of Scottish ancestry (6.4%), and residents who report Mexican roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.8%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.
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 (35.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (82.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.