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Tatum, TX

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Overview


Tatum is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,377 people and just one neighborhood, Tatum is the 760th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Tatum was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Tatum economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Tatum, where the median household income is $48,125.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tatum is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tatum is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tatum who work in sales jobs (14.26%), management occupations (11.51%), and office and administrative support (8.08%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Tatum’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Tatum is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Tatum rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.46% of adults 25 and older in Tatum 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 Tatum in 2022 was $29,947, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,788 for a family of four. However, Tatum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tatum is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tatum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tatum residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tatum also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tatum include Irish, German, Scottish, English, and Austrian.

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

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

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.1% 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.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 95.9% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry.

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 Tatum are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 41.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.8% of U.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, 34.5% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.1%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (11.8%).

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 Tatum, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (16.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report German roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (88.3%) 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 (10.0%) . 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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