The identified community is situated in a rural area and is formed from a relatively diversified population. In consonance with the patterns observed at a national level, the proportion of representatives of different ethnicities is significant and leads to respective changes in the social and economic characteristics of the community. The most prominent manifestation of diversity is the existence of an ethnic enclave of Hispanics from Latin America, which can be partially tied to the ongoing process of immigration (Lichter, 2012). The geographical location of the said ethnic enclave coincides with the socioeconomic characteristics of the respective neighborhood. Specifically, the features associated with low quality of life can be observed, such as a significant number of homeless people. It is also evident that the population of the neighborhood has limited access to health care and education since the healthcare facilities available in the location are less popular among the citizens due to the perceived low quality of services. Finally, the community in question is reported to have a relatively high crime rate, which is consistent with the socioeconomic characteristics of similar socioeconomically-distinct entities nationwide (Meer & Tolsma, 2014). However, it should be emphasized that the latter bit of information is mostly anecdotal in origin and is not supported by reliable statistical data.
The most prominent faith community existing in the area is that of Catholics. Such affiliation is predictably aligned with the existence of the ethnic enclave described above since Hispanic populations are more likely to belong to the Catholic Church for a number of cultural reasons (Ferrari, 2015). The community enables communication with its members and actively promotes Christian values with the ultimate goal of improving the social climate on the local level. Aside from it, no planned communities could be detected neither through observation nor through institutional inquiry.
References
Ferrari, J. R. (2015). Religiosity and personality traits of Hispanic and non-Hispanic catholic deacons. Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 37(1), 1-13.
Lichter, D. T. (2012). Immigration and the new racial diversity in rural America. Rural Sociology, 77(1), 3-35.
Meer, T. V. D., & Tolsma, J. (2014). Ethnic diversity and its effects on social cohesion. Annual Review of Sociology, 40, 459-478.