Mathis is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,292 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mathis is the 423rd largest community in Texas.Mathis is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mathis is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mathis who work in food service (16.02%), management occupations (12.42%), and office and administrative support (10.96%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Mathis has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. The city 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, Mathis has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mathis a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Mathis does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Mathis have a very low rate of college education: just 8.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Mathis in 2022 was $22,723, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,892 for a family of four. However, Mathis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mathis is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mathis 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 Mathis, accounting for 79.99% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Mathis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mathis include German, Czech, Scottish, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Mathis is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and German/Yiddish.
