Troup is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,079 people and just one neighborhood, Troup is the 643rd largest community in Texas.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Troup is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Troup is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Troup who work in sales jobs (11.14%), office and administrative support (10.00%), and management occupations (8.35%).
One downside of living in Troup, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.31 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Troup does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Troup is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.64% of adults 25 and older in Troup have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Troup in 2022 was $19,983, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,932 for a family of four. However, Troup contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Troup also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.03% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Troup is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Troup home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Troup residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Troup also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Troup include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Troup is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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 95.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Troup are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 31.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.5% 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, 31.1% 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 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.8%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (15.3%).
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 Troup, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (15.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (74.3%) 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 (15.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.