Winnie is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,162 people and two associated neighborhoods, Winnie is the 501st largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Winnie was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Winnie economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Winnie, where the median household income is $80,913.00.When you are in Winnie, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.86% of Winnie’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Winnie is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Winnie who work in food service (22.68%), sales jobs (9.86%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.75%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Winnie has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Winnie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Winnie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Winnie may be for you. Winnie is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Being a small town, Winnie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Winnie has a very low overall level of education: only 8.03% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Winnie in 2022 was $23,132, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,528 for a family of four. However, Winnie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Winnie is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Winnie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winnie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Winnie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.67% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Winnie include English, German, Irish, Acadian/Cajun, and European. The most common language spoken in Winnie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
