It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Devine 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. Devine has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Devine than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Devine may be for you.
One downside of living in Devine, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.76 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Devine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Devine is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.76% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Devine in 2022 was $24,603, 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 $98,412 for a family of four. However, Devine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Devine is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Devine 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 Devine, accounting for 67.83% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Devine residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Devine include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Devine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
