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Texico, NM

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Overview


Texico is a tiny city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 922 people and just one neighborhood, Texico is the 111th largest community in New Mexico.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Texico, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.00% of Texico’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Texico is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Texico who work in management occupations (15.48%), office and administrative support (10.00%), and farm management occupations (10.00%).

In addition, many people in Texico have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

Also of interest is that Texico has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Texico’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Texico has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Texico has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Texico than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Texico may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Texico spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.18 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Texico 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

In Texico, just 7.99% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Texico in 2022 was $27,729, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,916 for a family of four. However, Texico contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Texico is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Texico home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Texico, accounting for 51.17% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Texico residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Texico include German, Irish, English, French, and Scots-Irish.

In addition, Texico has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.69%).

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

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.1% 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.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 36 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 59.2% 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 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 88.2% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.1% of all American neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 10.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of New Mexico. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 0.9% have Croatian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Texico are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.9% 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, 37.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.4%), and 11.3% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 68.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (29.6%).

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 Texico, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (32.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.8%), among others. In addition, 14.5% 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 (59.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (88.2%) 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 (10.6%) . 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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