Cotulla is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,612 people and just one neighborhood, Cotulla is the 459th largest community in Texas.
When you are in Cotulla, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.03% of Cotulla’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Cotulla is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Cotulla who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (22.87%), farm management occupations (14.35%), and maintenance occupations (7.36%).
The overall crime rate in Cotulla 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 city, Cotulla does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Cotulla has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.99% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Cotulla in 2022 was $17,867, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,468 for a family of four. However, Cotulla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cotulla also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.70% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cotulla is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cotulla 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 Cotulla, accounting for 96.53% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Cotulla residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cotulla include German, Danish, Scottish, African, and British.
The most common language spoken in Cotulla is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
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.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 94.0% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.2% of all American neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.5% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of America's neighborhoods.
In addition, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.8%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 92.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 1.8% have Danish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 57.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Cotulla are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 35.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.2% 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, 40.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions, with 35.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (34.0%), and 20.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
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 Spanish, spoken by 57.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
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 Cotulla, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (92.4%). There are also a number of people of Spanish ancestry (2.9%), and residents who report German roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of Danish ancestry (1.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.
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 (49.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (94.0%) 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 (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.