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Ben Bolt, TX

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Overview


Ben Bolt is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,662 people and just one neighborhood, Ben Bolt is the 703rd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Ben Bolt is a blue-collar town, with 40.67% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ben Bolt is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ben Bolt who work in healthcare (16.92%), teaching (11.92%), and healthcare suport services (9.71%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ben Bolt has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ben Bolt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ben Bolt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ben Bolt may be for you.

Being a small town, Ben Bolt does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Ben Bolt citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.77% of adults 25 and older in Ben Bolt have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ben Bolt in 2022 was $28,442, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,768 for a family of four. However, Ben Bolt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ben Bolt is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ben Bolt 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 Ben Bolt, accounting for 74.17% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ben Bolt residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ben Bolt include German, Irish, Czechoslovakian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Ben Bolt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Modes of Transportation

A unique way of commuting is simply not to. And in the neighborhood, analysis shows that 28.2% of the residents work from home, avoiding a commute altogether. This may not seem like a large number, but it is a higher proportion of people working from home than is found in 95.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States. One thing NeighborhoodScout's research reveals is that the wealthier and/or more isolated the neighborhood, the greater the proportion of residents who choose to work from home.

Real Estate

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 21 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.4% of America.

Diversity

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, 66.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

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 Ben Bolt are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.4% 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, 47.9% 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 21.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.4%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 60.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (38.3%).

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 Ben Bolt, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (66.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (2.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (42.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (67.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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