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Cresson, TX

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Overview


Cresson is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,983 people and just one neighborhood, Cresson is the 758th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Cresson, 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 Cresson, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Cresson’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Cresson does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $85,625.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Cresson is a blue-collar town, with 35.91% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Cresson is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cresson who work in sales jobs (15.73%), teaching (6.97%), and management occupations (6.82%).

A relatively large number of people in Cresson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.24% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

In Cresson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 39.06 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Cresson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Cresson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.03% of adults in Cresson have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cresson in 2022 was $32,292, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,168 for a family of four. However, Cresson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cresson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cresson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cresson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cresson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cresson include German, English, Irish, Czech, and French.

The most common language spoken in Cresson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

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 Cresson are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.7% 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 50.9% 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, 37.7% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Cresson, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (16.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report German roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.

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 (30.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (6.2%) . 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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