Dale is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 16,929 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dale is the 197th largest community in Texas. Dale 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 Dale, where the median household income is $72,714.00.

A relatively large number of people in Dale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.77% 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Dale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Dale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Dale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dale, the average commute to work is 41.98 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

In Dale, just 9.12% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Dale in 2022 was $25,489, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,956 for a family of four. However, Dale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Dale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dale 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 Dale, accounting for 85.82% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dale include German, English, Irish, French, and Swedish.

In addition, Dale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.52%).

The most common language spoken in Dale is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.