Rio Vista is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,190 people and just one neighborhood, Rio Vista is the 823rd largest community in Texas. Rio Vista has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Rio Vista, where the median household income is $68,078.00.
Rio Vista is a blue-collar town, with 38.70% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Rio Vista is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rio Vista who work in office and administrative support (13.51%), sales jobs (11.23%), and management occupations (10.32%).
One downside of living in Rio Vista is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rio Vista, the average commute to work is 37.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Rio Vista with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.62% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rio Vista in 2022 was $27,875, 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 $111,500 for a family of four. However, Rio Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rio Vista home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rio Vista residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Rio Vista include English, Irish, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Rio Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.3% of all American neighborhoods.
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 Rio Vista are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% 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, 37.1% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.0%), and 16.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.9%).
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 Rio Vista, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.9%).
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 (35.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (92.1%) 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.