Cedar Creek is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,154 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cedar Creek is the 502nd largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Cedar Creek, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Cedar Creek, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Cedar Creek’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Cedar Creek does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,864.00.
Of important note, Cedar Creek is also a town of artists. Cedar Creek has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cedar Creek’s character.
Also of interest is that Cedar Creek has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.63% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
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!) Cedar Creek 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. Cedar Creek has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cedar Creek than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cedar Creek may be for you.
One downside of living in Cedar Creek, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.79 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Cedar Creek does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Cedar Creek with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.80% of adults in Cedar Creek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cedar Creek in 2022 was $18,538, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,152 for a family of four. However, Cedar Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cedar Creek is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cedar Creek 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 Cedar Creek, accounting for 64.05% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Cedar Creek residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cedar Creek include German, Italian, Irish, Scottish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Cedar Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.