Kountze Jobs

Kountze is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,115 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hardin County . Kountze, Texas was originally established as a railroad town in 1881. The seat of Hardin County, Kountze boasts an area of more than 89 percent forested lush green terrain. Local area produces over 3.5 million board feet of lumber annually. Kountze describes itself as: "The Big Light in The Big Thicket" - a Thicket is that vast area of tangled, often impenetrable woods, streams and marshes. Now portions of this thicket are ationally protected as the Big Thicket National Preserve. The cradle of this country's oil industry is found in the Big Thicket of east Texas. The thicket is a 50 mile circle of canebreak-rattler infested swampland about 30 miles north of Beaumont. Claustrophobically dark and dank, dripping with vines and Spanish moss, hunters bring their best dogs here trailing razorback hogs, wildcats and wolves. And if they veer off...more

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Among the most common occupations in Kountze are Management, professional, and related occupations, 21%. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 20%. and Sales and office occupations, 20%. Approximately 71 percent of workers in Kountze, Texas work for companies, 18 percent work for the government and 7 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Kountze Jobs are for physical therapy jobs, physical therapist jobs, occupational therapist jobs, occupational therapy jobs, physical therapy assistant jobs and sales representative jobs.

The leading industries in Kountze, Texas are Educational, health and social services, 18%; Manufacturing, 13%; and Retail trade, 11%. Simply Hired's Kountze job listings indicate that the following industries in Kountze are hiring the most workers: Food Service Contractors, Catering Services, Photoelectric Cell Mfg, Mail Order Retailing and Telecommunications Resellers.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Kountze, Texas is $26,370, and the median income of households in Kountze was $28,352.

Kountze has an unemployment rate of 5.0%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Kountze Trends data, the number of Kountze, Texas jobs has decreased by 39% since April 2008.

Population of Kountze Total population 2,115 Male 49.03% Female 50.97% Median age 33.8     Kountze Housing Owner-occupied homes 70.8% Median cost of a home $45,200 Median mortgage payment $361 Renter-occupied homes 29.2% Vacant housing 16.7% Median monthly rent $438     Average Income Median for all male full-time $30,656 Median for all female full-time $22,083     Household Income Less than $10,000 15% $10,000 to $14,999 12% $15,000 to $24,999 19% $25,000 to $34,999 12% $35,000 to $49,999 18% $50,000 to $74,999 16% $75,000 to $99,999 6% $100,000 to $149,999 1% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 12% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 17% High school graduate 39% Some college, no degree 18% Associate's degree 3% Bachelor's degree 6% Graduate degree 4%     Marital Status Never married 22% Currently married 56% Separated 2% Widowed 11% Divorced 9%     Race White 71% Black or African American 27% Asian 0% Other 1%     Kountze Commute Carpool 17.6% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 29 minutes

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