Nash is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,166 people and just one neighborhood, Nash is the 454th largest community in Texas.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Nash is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nash is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Nash who work in personal care services (20.24%), healthcare suport services (14.37%), and sales jobs (10.53%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Nash spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.75 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Nash doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Nash are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.07% of adults in Nash have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Nash in 2022 was $27,131, 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 $108,524 for a family of four. However, Nash contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Nash is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Nash home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nash residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Nash also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Nash include African, Irish, English, European, and German.
The most common language spoken in Nash is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Nash, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 93.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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. 68.9% 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 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 97.5% of all American neighborhoods.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the neighborhood about it; they already know. 20.6% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.3% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African and Sub-Saharan African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.4% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry and 13.7% have Sub-Saharan African ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Nash are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.8% 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, 42.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.6%), and 12.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
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 92.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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 Nash, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (13.7%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report Mexican roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 (68.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (93.2%) 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 (6.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.