Gustine is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 407 people and just one neighborhood, Gustine is the 966th largest community in Texas.
When you are in Gustine, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 69.23% of Gustine’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gustine is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gustine who work in farm management occupations (26.92%), teaching (12.09%), and office and administrative support (4.95%).
Another important characteristic of Gustine is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gustine has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gustine a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Gustine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Gustine rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.98% of adults 25 and older in Gustine have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Gustine in 2022 was $32,461, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,844 for a family of four. However, Gustine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gustine is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gustine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gustine residents report their race to be White. Gustine also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 47.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gustine include Irish, German, European, Norwegian, and English.
Gustine also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.69%.
The most common language spoken in Gustine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Gustine, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Gustine is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in TX, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.5% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.2% 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 99.1% 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 Gustine are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.9% 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, 35.1% 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 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.7%), and 9.7% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
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 English, spoken by 67.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 Gustine, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (27.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.9%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.9%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.6%), among others. In addition, 19.7% 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 (36.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.7%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.