Devers is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 434 people and just one neighborhood, Devers is the 973rd largest community in Texas.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Devers is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Devers is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Devers who work in sales jobs (16.67%), teaching (11.11%), and management occupations (9.52%).
There are many members of the armed forces living in Devers. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.
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, Devers is worth considering.
One downside of living in Devers, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.75 minutes every day commuting to work.
Devers is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Devers, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.74% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small city, Devers does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Devers, just 9.38% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Devers in 2022 was $34,456, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,824 for a family of four. However, Devers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Devers is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Devers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Devers residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Devers also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.44% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Devers include German, French, European, Irish, and British West Indian.
In addition, Devers has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.05%).
The most common language spoken in Devers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
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.
Of particular note, 3.2% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 94.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 36 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.6% of America.
Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Devers are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.0% 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, 36.6% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.3%), and 9.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (29.4%).
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 Devers, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (35.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.3%), and residents who report English roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.0%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 16.0% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.9%) 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 (18.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.