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Elmendorf, TX

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Overview


Elmendorf is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,264 people and just one neighborhood, Elmendorf is the 666th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Elmendorf, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Elmendorf, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Elmendorf’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Elmendorf does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $55,313.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Elmendorf is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Elmendorf is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elmendorf who work in office and administrative support (17.73%), sales jobs (11.82%), and maintenance occupations (10.03%).

Of important note, Elmendorf is also a city of artists. Elmendorf has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Elmendorf’s character.

Also of interest is that Elmendorf 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: 7.50% 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

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

One downside of living in Elmendorf is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elmendorf, the average commute to work is 31.65 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The population of Elmendorf has a very low overall level of education: only 9.28% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Elmendorf in 2022 was $22,387, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,548 for a family of four. However, Elmendorf contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Elmendorf is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elmendorf 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 Elmendorf, accounting for 69.99% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Elmendorf residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Elmendorf include German, English, Irish, French, and Russian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.6% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 63.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican 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 Elmendorf are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.0% 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, 28.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.5%), and 21.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 57.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (42.1%).

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 Elmendorf, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (63.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.7%), among others. In addition, 12.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.4%) 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 (10.7%) . 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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