Mont Belvieu is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,608 people and just one neighborhood, Mont Belvieu is the 297th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Mont Belvieu, 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 Mont Belvieu, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Mont Belvieu’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Mont Belvieu does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $127,902.00.
Mont Belvieu real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Mont Belvieu house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities, Mont Belvieu isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mont Belvieu are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mont Belvieu is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mont Belvieu who work in management occupations (24.00%), office and administrative support (12.39%), and teaching (5.53%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Mont Belvieu, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.45 minutes every day commuting to work.
Mont Belvieu 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 citizens of Mont Belvieu are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.93% of adults in Mont Belvieu have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mont Belvieu in 2022 was $46,340, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $185,360 for a family of four. However, Mont Belvieu contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mont Belvieu is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mont Belvieu home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mont Belvieu residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mont Belvieu also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.63% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mont Belvieu include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mont Belvieu is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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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 Mont Belvieu are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 85.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.9% 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, 45.4% 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 32.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.6%), and 9.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 80.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (15.2%).
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 Mont Belvieu, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (17.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report English roots (10.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.1%) 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 (14.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.