San Marcos is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 74,316 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, San Marcos is the 57th largest community in Texas. San Marcos has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in San Marcos, where the median household income is $51,281.00.San Marcos is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, San Marcos is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Marcos who work in food service (13.52%), sales jobs (12.38%), and office and administrative support (10.37%). Also of interest is that San Marcos has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.12% 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. San Marcos is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in San Marcos have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. San Marcos’s economy is one such example of this. The education level of San Marcos citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.31% of adults in San Marcos have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in San Marcos in 2022 was $27,545, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,180 for a family of four. However, San Marcos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. San Marcos is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Marcos home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of San Marcos residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. San Marcos also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.22% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in San Marcos include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in San Marcos is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
