Sandy Oaks is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,480 people and just one neighborhood, Sandy Oaks is the 375th largest community in Texas.
Sandy Oaks is a blue-collar town, with 40.46% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Sandy Oaks is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandy Oaks who work in sales jobs (12.51%), business and financial occupations (10.61%), and maintenance occupations (7.21%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Sandy Oaks is worth considering.
One downside of living in Sandy Oaks, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.63 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Sandy Oaks doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Sandy Oaks is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.04% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sandy Oaks in 2022 was $25,316, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,264 for a family of four. However, Sandy Oaks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sandy Oaks is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sandy Oaks 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 Sandy Oaks, accounting for 75.30% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Sandy Oaks residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Oaks include German, English, Irish, British, and French.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Sandy Oaks's cultural character, accounting for 16.91% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Sandy Oaks 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.
The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 68.2% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 66.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 0.5% have Czechoslovakian 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 Sandy Oaks are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.7% 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 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.7%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 54.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (43.6%).
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 Sandy Oaks, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (66.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (6.5%), and residents who report English roots (3.8%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 14.4% 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (73.3%) 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 (17.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.