Rhome is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,843 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rhome is the 707th largest community in Texas. Rhome has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Rhome, where the median household income is $90,969.00. Rhome real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Rhome house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Rhome is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rhome is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rhome who work in office and administrative support (11.81%), management occupations (9.78%), and sales jobs (7.74%). Of important note, Rhome is also a city of artists. Rhome has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rhome’s character. A relatively large number of people in Rhome telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.49% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Rhome 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. Rhome has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rhome than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rhome may be for you. One downside of living in Rhome, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.02 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Rhome does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Rhome who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.24% of the adults in Rhome have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Rhome in 2022 was $34,329, 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 $137,316 for a family of four. However, Rhome contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rhome is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rhome home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rhome residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Rhome also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rhome include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Rhome is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
