Groesbeck is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,622 people and just one neighborhood, Groesbeck is the 466th largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Groesbeck is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.13% of the Groesbeck workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Groesbeck is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Groesbeck who work in office and administrative support (10.38%), healthcare suport services (9.60%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.46%).
A relatively large number of people in Groesbeck telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.10% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Groesbeck is worth considering.
Being a small city, Groesbeck does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Groesbeck is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.08% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Groesbeck in 2022 was $29,195, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,780 for a family of four. However, Groesbeck contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Groesbeck is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Groesbeck home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Groesbeck residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Groesbeck also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Groesbeck include Irish, German, English, Greek, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Groesbeck is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
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.
Of particular note, 11.0% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
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. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 14.7% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.5% of all neighborhoods in America.
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 33 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.1% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Groesbeck are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.2% 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, 37.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 18.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (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 Groesbeck, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (14.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (14.7%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (86.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.