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Los Indios, TX

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Overview


Los Indios is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,011 people and just one neighborhood, Los Indios is the 823rd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Los Indios is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.66% of the Los Indios workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Los Indios is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Los Indios who work in sales jobs (13.25%), healthcare suport services (10.65%), and maintenance occupations (8.57%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.99% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

Residents will find that the town 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, Los Indios is worth considering.

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

Demographics

The population of Los Indios has a very low overall level of education: only 6.26% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Los Indios in 2022 was $14,873, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,492 for a family of four. However, Los Indios contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Los Indios is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Los Indios 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 Los Indios, accounting for 97.63% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Los Indios residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Los Indios include Irish, Italian, German, English, and French.

In addition, Los Indios has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.94%).

The most common language spoken in Los Indios is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Los Indios, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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, 92.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 77.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

The Neighbors

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 Los Indios are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.8% 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, 33.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.6%), and 14.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 77.4% of households. Some people also speak English (22.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Los Indios, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (92.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (1.9%), and residents who report German roots (1.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.5%). In addition, 34.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 (55.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (9.2%) . 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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