Texhoma is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 819 people and just one neighborhood, Texhoma is the 248th largest community in Oklahoma.
Texhoma is a blue-collar town, with 43.36% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Texhoma is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Texhoma who work in teaching (14.54%), management occupations (14.54%), and farm management occupations (10.53%).
Another important characteristic of Texhoma is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
As is often the case in a small town, Texhoma doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Texhoma citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.36% of adults in Texhoma have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Texhoma in 2022 was $30,448, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,792 for a family of four. However, Texhoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Texhoma is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Texhoma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Texhoma residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Texhoma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 44.24% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Texhoma include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Norwegian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Texhoma's cultural character, accounting for 24.17% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Texhoma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
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.
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 11.3% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 2 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.0% of America.
If you are planning to retire in Oklahoma, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Oklahoma, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 98.7% of neighborhoods in OK. If a Oklahoma retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Texhoma are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 23.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 51.2% 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 22.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (11.3%), and 8.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 67.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
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 Texhoma, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (29.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (23.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.9%), along with some Austrian ancestry residents (4.6%), among others. In addition, 18.2% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.1%) 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 (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.