Navasota is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,471 people and four associated neighborhoods, Navasota is the 299th largest community in Texas.Navasota is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Navasota is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Navasota who work in management occupations (10.61%), food service (9.73%), and sales jobs (9.11%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.08% 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, Navasota does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Navasota is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.94% of adults 25 and older in Navasota have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Navasota in 2022 was $37,004, 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 $148,016 for a family of four. However, Navasota contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Navasota is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Navasota 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 Navasota, accounting for 37.06% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Navasota residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Navasota include English, German, Irish, African, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Navasota is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
