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Schulenburg, TX

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Overview


Schulenburg is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,718 people and just one neighborhood, Schulenburg is the 561st largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Schulenburg is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.50% of the Schulenburg workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Schulenburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schulenburg who work in food service (10.65%), office and administrative support (10.46%), and sales jobs (9.22%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.65% 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

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.76 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Schulenburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Schulenburg with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.90% of adults in Schulenburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Schulenburg in 2022 was $24,189, 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 $96,756 for a family of four. However, Schulenburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Schulenburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Schulenburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schulenburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Schulenburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.04% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Schulenburg include German, Czech, Irish, English, and Italian.

In addition, Schulenburg has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.90%).

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Schulenburg 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 85.9% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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 Schulenburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.2% 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, 34.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.8%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 79.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Schulenburg, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (26.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.6%), among others. In addition, 11.0% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.6%) 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 (9.4%) . 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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