Bruni - Oilton is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,157 people and just one neighborhood, Bruni - Oilton is the 787th largest community in Texas.
When you are in Bruni - Oilton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.10% of Bruni - Oilton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bruni - Oilton is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bruni - Oilton who work in teaching (11.86%), office and administrative support (10.92%), and maintenance occupations (9.98%).
Residents will find that the town 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, Bruni - Oilton is worth considering.
One downside of living in Bruni - Oilton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.26 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Bruni - Oilton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Bruni - Oilton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bruni - Oilton in 2022 was $22,405, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,620 for a family of four. However, Bruni - Oilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bruni - Oilton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bruni - Oilton 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 Bruni - Oilton, accounting for 94.77% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bruni - Oilton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bruni - Oilton include Italian, German, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bruni - Oilton's cultural character, accounting for 23.88% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bruni - Oilton is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Asian languages.
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.
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 2 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.9% of America.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 30.1% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 23.4% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.9% of all 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. 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. 9.5% 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 95.0% of all neighborhoods in America.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 14.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Texas. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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, 85.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 84.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Bruni - Oilton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.2% 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, 37.1% 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 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.8%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 84.6% of households. Some people also speak English (15.4%).
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 Bruni - Oilton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (85.7%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (3.1%), and residents who report German roots (2.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.5%). In addition, 23.9% 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 (34.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (9.5%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (75.5%) 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 (23.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.