Natalia is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,307 people and just one neighborhood, Natalia is the 789th largest community in Texas.
When you are in Natalia, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.67% of Natalia’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Natalia is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Natalia who work in office and administrative support (11.91%), food service (8.03%), and sales jobs (7.76%).
The city 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, Natalia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Natalia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Natalia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Natalia ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.26% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Natalia in 2022 was $23,836, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,344 for a family of four. However, Natalia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Natalia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Natalia 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 Natalia, accounting for 89.46% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Natalia residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Natalia include German, Irish, Italian, Russian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Natalia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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 Natalia, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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, 76.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
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 Natalia are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 75.0% of America'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, 37.4% 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 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.0%), and 18.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 54.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (45.5%).
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 Natalia, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (76.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.4%), and residents who report English roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.6%), among others. In addition, 15.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.7%) 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 (20.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.