Hosford is a tiny town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 551 people and just one neighborhood, Hosford is the 460th largest community in Florida.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hosford is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hosford is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hosford who work in sales jobs (19.87%), office and administrative support (13.68%), and management occupations (11.40%).
Because of many things, Hosford is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Hosford a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Hosford has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Hosford’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Hosford is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hosford, the average commute to work is 31.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Hosford 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 Hosford are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.70% of adults in Hosford having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hosford in 2022 was $24,892, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,568 for a family of four. However, Hosford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hosford is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hosford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hosford residents report their race to be White. Hosford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.48% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hosford include German, English, Northern European, Danish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Hosford is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
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.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 24.2% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Furthermore, from major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.4% of all American neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
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 Hosford 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. With 14.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.5% 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, 39.8% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (24.2%), and 21.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
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 Hosford, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.1%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report German roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.4%).
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (14.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.