College Station is a relatively large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 128,023 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, College Station is the 30th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in College Station, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to College Station, and putting down their money on brand new construction. College Station’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. College Station does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $50,900.00. College Station real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although College Station house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.College Station is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, College Station is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in College Station who work in teaching (16.55%), sales jobs (9.69%), and management occupations (9.45%). Also of interest is that College Station has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in College Station telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.25% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, College Station really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, College Station is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes College Station more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change College Station’s character and quality of life. One of the benefits of College Station is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.03 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in College Station. 56.51% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in College Station in 2022 was $31,948, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,792 for a family of four. However, College Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. College Station is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call College Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of College Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. College Station also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in College Station include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in College Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
