Sour Lake Jobs

Sour Lake is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,667 at the 2000 census. It was originally named Sour Lake Springs, after the mineral-laden spring water that flowed into the nearby lake. Sour Lake is the oldest surviving town in Hardin County, first settled around 1835, when Stephen Jackson received 4,428 acres at the site. It is called by some the "Gateway to the Big Thicket". Sour Lake became a short-lived boomtown with the discovery of oil in 1902, just a year after oil was found at the nearby Spindletop salt dome. It is known as the home of Texaco. Formed in 1903, the Texas Company is one of the three major oil companies that can trace its birth to the oil fields around South East Texas. The Sour Lake oilfield produced about 90,000,000 barrels of oil up to 1948, when it was producing about 3,500 barrels daily and new drilling was still underway.

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Among the most common occupations in Sour Lake are Management, professional, and related occupations, 23%. Sales and office occupations, 21%. and Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations, 19%. Approximately 72 percent of workers in Sour Lake, Texas work for companies, 15 percent work for the government and 8 percent are self-employed.

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

The leading industries in Sour Lake, Texas are Educational, health and social services, 16%; Construction, 14%; and Retail trade, 12%. Simply Hired's Sour Lake job listings indicate that the following industries in Sour Lake are hiring the most workers: Food Service Contractors, Catering Services, Photoelectric Cell Mfg, Mail Order Retailing and Software Makers.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Sour Lake, Texas is $30,453, and the median income of households in Sour Lake was $30,300.

Sour Lake has an unemployment rate of 5.1%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Sour Lake Trends data, the number of Sour Lake, Texas jobs has increased by 126% since April 2008.

Population of Sour Lake Total population 1,667 Male 48.11% Female 51.89% Median age 37.8     Sour Lake Housing Owner-occupied homes 78.0% Median cost of a home $48,400 Median mortgage payment $394 Renter-occupied homes 22.0% Vacant housing 10.6% Median monthly rent $445     Average Income Median for all male full-time $36,406 Median for all female full-time $24,500     Household Income Less than $10,000 13% $10,000 to $14,999 11% $15,000 to $24,999 16% $25,000 to $34,999 17% $35,000 to $49,999 17% $50,000 to $74,999 16% $75,000 to $99,999 6% $100,000 to $149,999 3% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 5% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 15% High school graduate 41% Some college, no degree 19% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 9% Graduate degree 5%     Marital Status Never married 17% Currently married 59% Separated 2% Widowed 10% Divorced 12%     Race White 96% Black or African American 3% Asian 0% Other 1%     Sour Lake Commute Carpool 9.1% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 32 minutes

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