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Garwood - Nada, TX

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Overview


Garwood - Nada is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,933 people and just one neighborhood, Garwood - Nada is the 660th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Garwood - Nada is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Garwood - Nada is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Garwood - Nada who work in sales jobs (13.78%), management occupations (10.20%), and office and administrative support (10.08%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Garwood - Nada 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. Garwood - Nada has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Garwood - Nada than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Garwood - Nada may be for you.

One downside of living in Garwood - Nada, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.60 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Garwood - Nada doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Garwood - Nada have a very low rate of college education: just 9.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Garwood - Nada in 2022 was $18,190, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,760 for a family of four. However, Garwood - Nada contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Garwood - Nada is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Garwood - Nada home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Garwood - Nada residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Garwood - Nada also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.45% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Garwood - Nada include German, Czech, Irish, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Garwood - Nada is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

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 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.3% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.5% of 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 Garwood - Nada are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.6% 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, 29.5% 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 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.7%), and 17.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (13.3%).

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 Garwood - Nada, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (32.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (25.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (28.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (89.3%) 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 (7.1%) . 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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