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Talco, TX

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Overview


Talco is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 488 people and just one neighborhood, Talco is the 942nd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Talco is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.40% of the Talco workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Talco is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Talco who work in sales jobs (23.20%), maintenance occupations (15.20%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.60%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Talco is worth considering.

One downside of living in Talco, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.74 minutes every day commuting to work.

Talco 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.

Demographics

Talco ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.58% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Talco in 2022 was $14,958, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,832 for a family of four. However, Talco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Talco also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 54.21% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Talco is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Talco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Talco residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Talco also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Talco include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Talco 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 Talco, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 17 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Talco are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.1% 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, 39.2% 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 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.1%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (13.0%).

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 Talco, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (20.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.2%).

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.3%) 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.


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