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Lone Star, TX

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Overview


Lone Star is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,401 people and just one neighborhood, Lone Star is the 747th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lone Star is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.36% of the Lone Star workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lone Star is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lone Star who work in sales jobs (14.11%), food service (12.40%), and office and administrative support (10.23%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lone Star has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lone Star a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small city, Lone Star doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Lone Star has a very low overall level of education: only 6.34% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Lone Star in 2022 was $24,912, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,648 for a family of four.

Lone Star is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lone Star home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lone Star residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lone Star include English, German, Irish, French Canadian, and African.

The most common language spoken in Lone Star 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 45 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 10.0% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Texas, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Texas.

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 Lone Star are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.2% 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 55.4% 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, 35.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.2%), and 12.8% 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 94.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Lone Star, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.3%), and residents who report German roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.6%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.4%) 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 (18.7%) . 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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