Ozona (San Angelo: schools, living, club)

[Sandoval]

Can anyone give me some info on this small town ? I am looking at possibly moving to Ozona ? Would this be a good place for a single person to live ? How about a person with a children ? Is there descent shopping in Ozona or in the vicinity of Ozona ? How are the people in this town ? How are the schools ?

[lifertexan]

Ozona is a small quiet town.I don't think a single parent will get treated any different there than anywhere else.The schools are decent.The closest decent shopping is 1 1/2 hr away in San Angelo.The only knock I have against Ozona is that up until a few years ago,or it may even still be this way,the country club didn't allow Hispanic members.I haven't heard whether this has changed or not.Not that being a member of the CC is important,but I don't know what that may say about race relations there.There are a number of Hispanics there,in fact that make up about 60% of the pop.African Americans are about non existent.


Interestingly,although Ozona is around 3500 pop,there is no city government.The county handles everything.The county judge is the de facto mayor.

[Cathy4017]

I am a native of Ozona, so I'm biased, LOL!!

Number of hispanics? They now make up about 65-70% of the population...and most of the school system, which is very decent. They get fairly good ratings every year.

The people are mostly friendly and easy to get along with, but I have always been told that it is rather clannish/cliquish to outsiders. I've been gone for 30 years, so it has changed a bit. There are about 4,000 people county-wide, and it has decent housing and such. Shopping stinks. They have two large grocery stores, A Dollar General and a decent lumber company, but most people go to San Angelo (80 miles) to shop.

As a single person, there is very little to do there, but if you like laid-back, easy-going small-town life, you might enjoy living there.

The Country Club has had Hispanic members.

Hope this answers some of your questions.

Good luck!