Chilton is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 776 people and just one neighborhood, Chilton is the 876th largest community in Texas.
Unlike some towns, Chilton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Chilton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chilton is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Chilton who work in maintenance occupations (33.95%), office and administrative support (21.75%), and sales jobs (4.77%).
Chilton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Chilton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.23% of adults 25 and older in Chilton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chilton in 2022 was $101,759, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $407,036 for a family of four. However, Chilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chilton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chilton 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 Chilton, accounting for 51.42% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Chilton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Chilton include German, Scots-Irish, English, European, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Chilton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.
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 94.3% 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 Chilton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.2% 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, 34.8% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.9%), and 17.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 72.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (21.1%).
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 Chilton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (26.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.4%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.3%) 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 (14.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.