Tehuacana is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 229 people and just one neighborhood, Tehuacana is the 1009th largest community in Texas.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tehuacana is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tehuacana is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tehuacana who work in teaching (14.71%), management occupations (13.97%), and healthcare (10.29%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Tehuacana spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.18 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small town, Tehuacana doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Tehuacana citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.51% of adults in Tehuacana have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Tehuacana in 2022 was $35,051, 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 $140,204 for a family of four. However, Tehuacana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tehuacana also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.73% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Tehuacana is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tehuacana home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tehuacana residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tehuacana also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.27% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tehuacana include English, German, Irish, Czech, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Tehuacana is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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 Tehuacana, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 38 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Tehuacana is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in TX, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.5% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.6% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.
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 Tehuacana are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.0% of U.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, 40.2% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 13.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.5%).
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 Tehuacana, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report English roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (8.1%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (6.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.4%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.