Grulla is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,209 people and just one neighborhood, Grulla is the 784th largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Grulla is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.52% of the Grulla workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Grulla is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grulla who work in healthcare suport services (14.13%), office and administrative support (9.35%), and business and financial occupations (8.04%).
A relatively large number of people in Grulla telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.17% 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.
As is often the case in a small city, Grulla doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Grulla ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.07% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Grulla in 2022 was $15,614, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,456 for a family of four. However, Grulla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grulla is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grulla 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 Grulla, accounting for 92.05% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Grulla residents report their race to be Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grulla include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Grulla is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English 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 Grulla, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 47.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.2% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 93.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 92.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Grulla are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.8% 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, 47.2% 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 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (14.2%), and 11.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 92.6% of households. Some people also speak English (7.4%).
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 Grulla, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (93.7%). There are also a number of people of Spanish ancestry (2.8%), and residents who report English roots (2.1%). In addition, 26.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (45.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (64.8%) 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 (17.8%) and 9.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.