Red Rock is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 410 people and just one neighborhood, Red Rock is the 962nd largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Red Rock is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 64.84% of the Red Rock workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Red Rock is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Red Rock who work in office and administrative support (35.16%), sales jobs (0.00%), and personal care services (0.00%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.96% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Red Rock has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Red Rock has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Red Rock than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Red Rock may be for you.
In Red Rock, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.35 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Red Rock doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Red Rock ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.18% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Red Rock in 2022 was $18,556, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,224 for a family of four. However, Red Rock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Red Rock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Red Rock residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Red Rock include German, Scottish, French, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Red Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish 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 Red Rock are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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, 33.0% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.7%), and 16.5% 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 70.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (28.5%).
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 Red Rock, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (28.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.5%), and residents who report English roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (6.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.6%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (57.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (76.8%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.