Anton is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 916 people and just one neighborhood, Anton is the 843rd largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Anton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.88% of the Anton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Anton is a city of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Anton who work in office and administrative support (10.83%), maintenance occupations (9.17%), and teaching (7.08%).
Of important note, Anton is also a city of artists. Anton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Anton’s character.
In Anton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Anton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Anton is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.90% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Anton in 2022 was $23,377, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,508 for a family of four. However, Anton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Anton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Anton 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 Anton, accounting for 57.18% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Anton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Anton include English, Irish, German, Polish, and Dutch West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Anton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 (25.3%) than in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 15 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.0% of America.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.8% 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.
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 Anton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.1% 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, 42.4% 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 22.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.2%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (29.1%).
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 Anton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (49.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report German roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (58.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (64.6%) 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 (25.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.