Anson is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,301 people and just one neighborhood, Anson is the 605th largest community in Texas.
Unlike some cities, Anson isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Anson are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Anson is a city of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Anson who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (10.76%), healthcare (10.52%), and maintenance occupations (10.17%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Anson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Anson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Anson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Anson may be for you.
Anson 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.
The percentage of adults in Anson with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.53% of adults in Anson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Anson in 2022 was $24,144, 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 $96,576 for a family of four. However, Anson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Anson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Anson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Anson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Anson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Anson include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Anson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
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.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 18.9% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Of particular note, 10.2% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
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 Anson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.9% 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, 36.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.0%), and 18.9% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 77.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (22.2%).
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 Anson, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (29.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report German roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 (43.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (83.2%) 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 (13.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.