Burnet is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,869 people and five associated neighborhoods, Burnet is the 323rd largest community in Texas.Burnet is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Burnet is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burnet who work in sales jobs (12.10%), management occupations (11.35%), and office and administrative support (10.08%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.84% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Burnet does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Burnet are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.75% of adults in Burnet having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Burnet in 2022 was $37,073, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,292 for a family of four. However, Burnet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Burnet is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Burnet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burnet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Burnet also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.77% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burnet include German, English, Irish, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Burnet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
