Laneville is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,915 people and just one neighborhood, Laneville is the 532nd largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Laneville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.65% of the Laneville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Laneville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Laneville who work in sales jobs (11.53%), law enforcement and fire fighting (9.87%), and maintenance occupations (6.83%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Laneville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Laneville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Laneville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Laneville, the average commute to work is 32.96 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Laneville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Laneville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.83% of adults in Laneville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Laneville in 2022 was $30,003, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,012 for a family of four. However, Laneville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Laneville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Laneville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laneville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Laneville include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and African.
The most common language spoken in Laneville 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.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (26.3%) than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 14 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.1% 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 Laneville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.9% 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 51.1% of America'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, 36.2% 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 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.4%), and 10.8% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.8%).
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 Laneville, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (10.5%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report German roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.7%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.1%) 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 (26.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.