Hart is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 855 people and just one neighborhood, Hart is the 852nd largest community in Texas.
Hart is a blue-collar town, with 51.45% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Hart is a city of service providers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hart who work in farm management occupations (20.58%), teaching (12.40%), and healthcare suport services (7.65%).
In addition, many people in Hart have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
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!) Hart 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. Hart has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hart than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hart may be for you.
Being a small city, Hart does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Hart has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.80% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Hart in 2022 was $23,198, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,792 for a family of four. However, Hart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hart is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hart 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 Hart, accounting for 84.46% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hart include African, German, English, Scottish, and Polish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Hart's cultural character, accounting for 34.75% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Hart is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and African languages.
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.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 26.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 60.5% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
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, 63.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 56.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Hart are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.0% 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 52.6% 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, 29.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.9%), and 17.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 56.1% of households. Some people also speak English (43.2%).
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 Hart, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (63.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report English roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (1.9%), along with some African ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 32.6% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (60.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.2%) 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 (21.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.