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Coahoma, TX

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Overview


Coahoma is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 902 people and just one neighborhood, Coahoma is the 832nd largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Coahoma is a blue-collar town, with 40.77% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Coahoma is a town of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coahoma who work in healthcare (26.77%), sales jobs (7.30%), and teaching (6.09%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small town, Coahoma doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Coahoma with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.43% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Coahoma in 2022 was $28,289, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,156 for a family of four. However, Coahoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Coahoma is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coahoma 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 Coahoma, accounting for 64.52% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Coahoma residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coahoma include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Italian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Coahoma are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.6% 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 72.7% of America'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, 37.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 34.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 17.8% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

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 60.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Coahoma, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (51.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.3%), and residents who report English roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.1%).

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.3%) 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 (11.9%) . 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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