Goldsmith is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 226 people and just one neighborhood, Goldsmith is the 1005th largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Goldsmith is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.95% of the Goldsmith workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Goldsmith is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Goldsmith who work in office and administrative support (22.02%), teaching (11.93%), and healthcare suport services (11.01%).
Overall, Goldsmith’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Goldsmith is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small city, Goldsmith doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Goldsmith who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.29% of adults in Goldsmith have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Goldsmith in 2022 was $40,026, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,104 for a family of four. However, Goldsmith contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Goldsmith is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Goldsmith home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Goldsmith residents report their race to be White. Goldsmith also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Goldsmith include English, German, Scandinavian, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Goldsmith is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 48.6% 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.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 8 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.5% of America.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.2% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 2.5% have Cuban ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 67.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.0% 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 Goldsmith are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.7% 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, 47.2% 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 20.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.0%), and 15.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 67.2% of households. Some people also speak English (32.8%).
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 Goldsmith, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (53.8%). There are also a number of people of Welsh ancestry (3.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Cuban ancestry (2.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.8%), among others. In addition, 19.6% 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.8%) 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 (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.