Grand Prairie is a relatively large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 201,843 people and 48 associated neighborhoods, Grand Prairie is the 17th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Grand Prairie is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grand Prairie is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Prairie who work in office and administrative support (13.05%), sales jobs (8.89%), and management occupations (8.89%). Also of interest is that Grand Prairie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.09% 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 percentage of people in Grand Prairie who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.86% of adults in Grand Prairie have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Grand Prairie in 2022 was $32,444, 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 $129,776 for a family of four. However, Grand Prairie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grand Prairie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie, accounting for 47.54% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Grand Prairie residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Grand Prairie include German, English, Irish, Nigerian, and African. Grand Prairie also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.19%. The most common language spoken in Grand Prairie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
