Texhoma is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 823 people and just one neighborhood, Texhoma is the 248th largest community in Oklahoma.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Texhoma is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.44% of the Texhoma workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Texhoma is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Texhoma who work in management occupations (12.89%), sales jobs (11.56%), and teaching (10.67%).
In addition, many people in Texhoma have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
The overall crime rate in Texhoma 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.
Being a small town, Texhoma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Texhoma is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.69% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Texhoma in 2022 was $26,942, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,768 for a family of four. However, Texhoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Texhoma is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Texhoma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Texhoma residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Texhoma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.41% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Texhoma include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Norwegian.
In addition, Texhoma has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.73%).
The most common language spoken in Texhoma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
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.
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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 9.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you are planning to retire in Oklahoma, 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 Oklahoma, 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 97.8% of neighborhoods in OK. If a Oklahoma retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Texhoma are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.5% of U.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, 46.9% 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 22.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.9%), and 9.6% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 68.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (28.1%).
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 Texhoma, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (30.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (22.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of Austrian ancestry (5.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.5%), among others. In addition, 16.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.7%) 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 (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.