Dale is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 16,929 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dale is the 197th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Dale was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Dale economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Dale, where the median household income is $72,714.00.Dale is a blue-collar town, with 44.15% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dale is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dale who work in office and administrative support (12.25%), maintenance occupations (7.10%), and management occupations (5.75%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.77% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Dale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Dale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Dale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dale, the average commute to work is 41.98 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In Dale, just 9.12% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Dale in 2022 was $25,489, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,956 for a family of four. However, Dale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dale, accounting for 85.82% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dale include German, English, Irish, French, and Swedish. Dale also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.52%. The most common language spoken in Dale is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
