Electra is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,291 people and just one neighborhood, Electra is the 607th largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Electra is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.02% of the Electra workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Electra is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Electra who work in sales jobs (13.12%), management occupations (9.41%), and teaching (7.05%).
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!) Electra 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. Electra has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Electra than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Electra may be for you.
Being a small city, Electra does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Electra who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.23% of the adults in Electra have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Electra in 2022 was $29,361, 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 $117,444 for a family of four. However, Electra contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Electra is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Electra home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Electra residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Electra also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Electra include English, German, Irish, European, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Electra is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Electra, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Electra neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
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 Electra are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.3% 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, 35.0% 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 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (27.0%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.9%).
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 Electra, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (17.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report German roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.8%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (86.4%) 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 (8.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.