Case Study: Four Corners, Texas

Four Corners, Texas is located in Fort Bend County 17.8 miles southwest of Houston, Texas. The 2010 census for Four Corners population was 12,382 (Four Corners, 2015). Approximately Four Corners is 2.85 square miles with 4,352 people per square miles; however, it is large enough for two zip codes (Four Corners, 2015).
There are 170 more females than males, making the female population of 6,276 and the male population 6,106. Four Corners has several different backgrounds/cultures with the largest being Asian at 34.5% followed by African Americans 30.6%, Hispanic 25.4%, Whites 6.8%, two or more races 2.1%, other races 0.3%, American Indian 0.2%, and finally native Hawaiican and others 0.2% (Four Corners, 2015). With the above date we can see the that the citizens for Four Corners is foreign born. The average age of the population in Four Corners is 30.6 years (Four

The percentage between those separated and widowed only differ by 0.6%; however, the divorce percentage is 5.5% (Four Corners, 2015).
The high school education level is at 77.7%, a Bachelor degree is 26.7% and graduate and profession degree percentage is 7.5% (Four Corners, 2015). A higher level of learning could improve many individual life styles. Considering there are eight towns that surround Four Corners a drive to work is approximately 30 minutes. Four Corners also has their own issues with unemployment, at a rate of 5.6% (Four Corners, 2015).
In 2014, the average household income was $66,916.00 and from the year 2000 it had increase $3,370.00 (Four Corners, 2015). Homes for sale on average cost around $161,010.00 and a rental house is approximately $1,356.00 (Four Corners, 2015). If a homeowner had no house mortgage their property tax was $3,404.00 in 2013; however, if homeowners did have a mortgage then the heir property tax was $4,111.00 (Four Corners,