Markham - Blessing is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,366 people and just one neighborhood, Markham - Blessing is the 435th largest community in Texas.
Markham - Blessing is a blue-collar town, with 44.91% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Markham - Blessing is a town of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Markham - Blessing who work in food service (10.04%), office and administrative support (8.94%), and management occupations (7.98%).
Markham - Blessing is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Markham - Blessing are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.01% of adults in Markham - Blessing have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Markham - Blessing in 2022 was $24,867, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,468 for a family of four. However, Markham - Blessing contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Markham - Blessing is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Markham - Blessing home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Markham - Blessing residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Markham - Blessing also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.75% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Markham - Blessing include German, Czech, Irish, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Markham - Blessing is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Markham - Blessing, 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 44.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.1% of American neighborhoods.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 14 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.2% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry.
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 Markham - Blessing are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.6% 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, 44.9% 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 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 8.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (11.5%).
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 Markham - Blessing, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.3%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (24.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (6.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.2%), among others.
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 (27.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.4%) 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 (14.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.