Ozona is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,663 people and just one neighborhood, Ozona is the 557th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Ozona was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ozona economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ozona, where the median household income is $81,957.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ozona is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.97% of the Ozona workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ozona is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ozona who work in teaching (17.61%), management occupations (15.90%), and food service (12.46%).
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, Ozona has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ozona a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Ozona does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Ozona ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.39% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ozona in 2022 was $38,135, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,540 for a family of four. However, Ozona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ozona is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ozona 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 Ozona, accounting for 71.83% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ozona residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ozona include German, English, Irish, French, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Ozona is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
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.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 57.9% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
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 1 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.4% of America.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 32.4% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.0% 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.
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, 62.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 59.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Ozona are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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, 33.8% 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 33.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 6.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 59.5% of households. Some people also speak English (40.5%).
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 Ozona, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (62.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.9%), and residents who report English roots (4.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.6%), among others. In addition, 12.4% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (57.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (18.4%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (79.0%) 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 (15.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.