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Stratford - Texhoma is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,678 people and just one neighborhood, Stratford - Texhoma is the 543rd largest community in Texas.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in Stratford - Texhoma, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 49.83% of Stratford - Texhoma’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Stratford - Texhoma is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stratford - Texhoma who work in farm management occupations (17.73%), management occupations (15.58%), and sales jobs (9.72%).
Of important note, Stratford - Texhoma is also a town of artists. Stratford - Texhoma has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Stratford - Texhoma’s character.
Setting & Lifestyle
Because of many things, Stratford - Texhoma is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Stratford - Texhoma 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, Stratford - Texhoma has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Stratford - Texhoma’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One of the benefits of Stratford - Texhoma is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.56 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Stratford - Texhoma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
The percentage of people in Stratford - Texhoma who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.63% of adults in Stratford - Texhoma have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Stratford - Texhoma in 2022 was $52,788, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $211,152 for a family of four. However, Stratford - Texhoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Stratford - Texhoma is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stratford - Texhoma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stratford - Texhoma residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Stratford - Texhoma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 47.21% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stratford - Texhoma include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Scots-Irish.
Stratford - Texhoma also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.36%.
The most common language spoken in Stratford - Texhoma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Stratford - Texhoma, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Occupations
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 17.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Real Estate
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 3 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.8% of America.
Length of Commute
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 62.1% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
People
The neighborhood stands out within Texas for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 5.1% of college-friendly places to live in TX. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees and families with school-aged children.
Migration / Stability
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Stratford - Texhoma are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% 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 65.6% 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, 32.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (17.7%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 60.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (39.6%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Stratford - Texhoma, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (43.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.0%), among others. In addition, 21.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.9%) 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 (20.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
