Whitehouse is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,781 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitehouse is the 282nd largest community in Texas.Whitehouse is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.26% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Whitehouse is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitehouse who work in healthcare (10.98%), food service (10.38%), and sales jobs (10.09%). A relatively large number of people in Whitehouse telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.23% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Because of many things, Whitehouse is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Whitehouse really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Whitehouse perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Being a small city, Whitehouse does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Whitehouse is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.46% of adults in Whitehouse have a college degree. The per capita income in Whitehouse in 2022 was $37,380, 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 $149,520 for a family of four. However, Whitehouse contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Whitehouse is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Whitehouse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitehouse residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Whitehouse also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whitehouse include English, German, Irish, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Whitehouse is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
