Giddings is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,324 people and two associated neighborhoods, Giddings is the 384th largest community in Texas.
A relatively large number of people in Giddings telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.49% 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 city 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, Giddings has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Giddings a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Giddings does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Giddings rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.08% of adults 25 and older in Giddings have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Giddings in 2022 was $32,803, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,212 for a family of four. However, Giddings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Giddings is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Giddings home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Giddings residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Giddings also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Giddings include German, English, Polish, French, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Giddings is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.