Sansom Park is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,359 people and just one neighborhood, Sansom Park is the 356th largest community in Texas.
Sansom Park is a blue-collar town, with 46.93% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Sansom Park is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sansom Park who work in office and administrative support (18.69%), food service (7.49%), and healthcare suport services (7.26%).
Sansom Park is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Sansom Park has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.65% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Sansom Park in 2022 was $22,263, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,052 for a family of four. However, Sansom Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sansom Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sansom Park 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 Sansom Park, accounting for 66.73% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Sansom Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sansom Park include English, Irish, German, British, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Sansom Park is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Langs. of India.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (30.0%) than in 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 94.3% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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, 63.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican 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 Sansom Park are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 42.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 46.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.9%), and 10.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 52.0% of households. Some people also speak English (47.5%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Sansom Park, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (63.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.3%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (1.7%), among others. In addition, 14.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (66.0%) 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 (30.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.