Elsa is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,664 people and just one neighborhood, Elsa is the 348th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Elsa, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Elsa, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Elsa’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Elsa does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $44,505.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elsa is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.12% of the Elsa workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elsa is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elsa who work in sales jobs (12.98%), office and administrative support (10.15%), and teaching (10.10%).
As is often the case in a small city, Elsa doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Elsa has a very low overall level of education: only 8.98% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Elsa in 2022 was $23,203, 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 $92,812 for a family of four. However, Elsa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elsa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elsa 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 Elsa, accounting for 99.58% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Elsa residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Elsa include Scottish, French, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Elsa is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
An extraordinary 12.1% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 99.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 88.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Elsa are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.6% 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, 33.7% 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 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.1%), and 15.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 88.1% of households. Some people also speak English (11.9%).
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 Elsa, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (99.6%). In addition, 10.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (41.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.3%) 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 (14.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.