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Cranfills Gap, TX

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Overview


Cranfills Gap is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 282 people and just one neighborhood, Cranfills Gap is the 994th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Cranfills Gap is a blue-collar town, with 54.62% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Cranfills Gap is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cranfills Gap who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (23.85%), office and administrative support (4.62%), and sales jobs (3.08%).

Also of interest is that Cranfills Gap has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.50% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Cranfills Gap is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Cranfills Gap 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. Cranfills Gap has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cranfills Gap than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cranfills Gap may be for you.

One downside of living in Cranfills Gap is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cranfills Gap, the average commute to work is 30.49 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small city, Cranfills Gap doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Cranfills Gap has a very low overall level of education: only 9.24% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Cranfills Gap in 2022 was $26,094, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,376 for a family of four. However, Cranfills Gap contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cranfills Gap is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cranfills Gap home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cranfills Gap residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cranfills Gap also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cranfills Gap include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Cranfills Gap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you are planning to retire in Texas, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Texas, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.3% of neighborhoods in TX. If a Texas retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Real Estate

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 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Cranfills Gap are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 70.0% of America'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, 36.4% 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 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.8%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (12.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Cranfills Gap, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (8.7%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (33.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.2%) 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 (5.6%) . 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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