Ben Bolt is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,662 people and just one neighborhood, Ben Bolt is the 703rd largest community in Texas.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ben Bolt is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ben Bolt is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ben Bolt who work in healthcare (14.55%), office and administrative support (12.28%), and teaching (11.53%).
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!) Ben Bolt 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. Ben Bolt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ben Bolt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ben Bolt may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Ben Bolt doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Ben Bolt overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ben Bolt, 21.20% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ben Bolt in 2022 was $27,761, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,044 for a family of four. However, Ben Bolt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ben Bolt is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ben Bolt 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 Ben Bolt, accounting for 75.70% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ben Bolt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ben Bolt include German, Irish, English, Czechoslovakian, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Ben Bolt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, 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 21 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.4% of America.
In the neighborhood, many people's commute means walking from the bedroom to the home office. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that 33.9% of residents worked from home. This may not seem like a large number, but Scout's research shows that this is a higher percentage of people working from home than 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Often people who work from home are engaged in the creative or technological economy, such as is found in areas around Boston, and in Silicon Valley. Other times, people may be engaged in other businesses like trading stocks from home, or running a small beauty salon.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 60.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
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 Ben Bolt are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.7% 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, 51.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 21.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.3%), and 6.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 65.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (33.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Ben Bolt, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (60.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Dutch roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (1.8%), along with some English 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 (37.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (61.6%) 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.