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Little River-Academy, TX

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Overview


Little River-Academy is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,996 people and just one neighborhood, Little River-Academy is the 644th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Little River-Academy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Little River-Academy is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Little River-Academy who work in office and administrative support (16.85%), sales jobs (9.84%), and management occupations (7.56%).

A relatively large number of people in Little River-Academy telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.56% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

Being a small city, Little River-Academy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Little River-Academy who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.69% of the adults in Little River-Academy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Little River-Academy in 2022 was $27,698, 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 $110,792 for a family of four. However, Little River-Academy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Little River-Academy is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Little River-Academy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Little River-Academy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Little River-Academy also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Little River-Academy include German, Irish, Czech, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Little River-Academy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Brazilian 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 Little River-Academy are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 38.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 83.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Little River-Academy, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (20.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report German roots (14.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 (53.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.0%) 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 (11.3%) . 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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